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as in channeling
to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway
funneled endless time and money into his misguided pet project
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Recent Examples of funneling
At the very end of the movie, Bigelow captures a variety of government officials funneling into Raven Rock Mountain Complex, otherwise known as Site R, a military installation with an underground nuclear bunker near Blue Ridge, Pa.
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Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
Why bother funneling all of that through Hollywood’s pomp and corniness into a movie that’s only half good?
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025
In the Hulu version of the story, Clarke plays Alex, a middle-aged lawyer stealing money from his clients and funneling it into an opioid addiction and, the series implies, other scurrilous crimes.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
In the summer, lush green pastures and 6-foot cornstalks hug the highway like veins funneling blood through the region.
—Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
But two low-pressure systems, one on either side of India, may have contributed to the event by funneling high levels of water vapor from the Bay of Bengal into the Everest region.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2025
Friend’s terms require waiving the right to jury trials, class actions, and court proceedings, funneling disputes into arbitration in San Francisco.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
An unseasonably strong low-pressure system that lingered off the Southern California coast all week is now sliding inland, funneling moisture and atmospheric instability across Arizona.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Prosecutors say in court papers that Hoffman was fully aware he was prohibited from funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars in undefined, but did so anyway.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
Why bother funneling all of that through Hollywood’s pomp and corniness into a movie that’s only half good?
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025
In the Hulu version of the story, Clarke plays Alex, a middle-aged lawyer stealing money from his clients and funneling it into an opioid addiction and, the series implies, other scurrilous crimes.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
In the summer, lush green pastures and 6-foot cornstalks hug the highway like veins funneling blood through the region.
—Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
But two low-pressure systems, one on either side of India, may have contributed to the event by funneling high levels of water vapor from the Bay of Bengal into the Everest region.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2025
Friend’s terms require waiving the right to jury trials, class actions, and court proceedings, funneling disputes into arbitration in San Francisco.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
An unseasonably strong low-pressure system that lingered off the Southern California coast all week is now sliding inland, funneling moisture and atmospheric instability across Arizona.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Prosecutors say in court papers that Hoffman was fully aware he was prohibited from funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars in undefined, but did so anyway.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for funneling
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Others have argued that the restructuring risks channeling profits that should have had a charitable public purpose into the pockets of OpenAI’s venture investors, cofounders, and employees.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
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Every year, the actor surprises and delights us with her choice of costume, paying homage to Pamela Anderson one year and channeling Queen Amidala the next.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
27 Oct. 2025
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Educational institutions aren't an exception, especially in 2025, when attackers are actively directing their efforts toward them.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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The film marks the first directing credit for Robert Wise (later of 1951's The Day the Earth Stood Still and 1965's The Sound of Music glory), since he was uncredited for directing additional sequences in The Magnificent Ambersons two years prior.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Oct. 2025
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Then, in mid-2024, seemingly out of the blue, the 59-year-old producer was accused — first in a civil suit and then in a federal indictment in the Central District Court of California — of siphoning funds from one of his own shows for personal use.—
Steve Belanger,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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Since Amazon first rolled out 30-second spots on Prime Video in January 2024, the streaming platform has slowly begun siphoning ad revenue from the linear TV market.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Funneling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funneling. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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