rechanneling

verb

present participle of rechannel
as in shunting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rechanneling
  1. shifting
  2. redirecting
  3. deviating
  4. diverting
  5. transferring
  6. deflecting
  7. switching
  8. moving
Verb
  • The company is seen as pivotal to bringing chip manufacturing back to American soil, following decades of it shifting to Asia.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 24 July 2026
  • But utilities are promising investors and regulators that ratepayers won’t be stuck with AI’s tab, even as watchdogs point to cases shifting exactly those costs onto residential bills.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 July 2026
Definition of shifting
Verb
  • Meta cut about 10% of its workforce this year while simultaneously redirecting investment towards its AI infrastructure budget and incentives for its top shareholders.
    — Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • The deals involve redirecting funds toward fossil fuels and other conventional energy projects.
    — Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 29 July 2026
Definition of redirecting
Verb
  • Practicing deviating from our defaults, no matter how mundane, prepares us to deviate again, even in higher stakes contexts.
    — Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • The highly disguised initial view of the model undergoing final testing showed the luxury marque deviating away from its traditional upright boxy off-road SUVs into a new territory.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 July 2026
Definition of deviating
Verb
  • By still spending so much on conventional manned equipment, the United States and many other countries are diverting funds from more efficient systems.
    — Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026
  • Abu Dhabi and Riyadh have ramped exports through those pipelines, diverting millions of barrels per day around Hormuz.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 16 July 2026
Definition of diverting
Verb
  • Rather than transferring the whiskeys into entirely different finishing barrels, toasted pieces of American and French oak are placed into their existing barrels, allowing the whiskey to extract additional flavors from the wood.
    — Emily Price, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
  • There’s even a tire failure-detection system that helps stabilize the car by transferring torque across the remaining wheels in milliseconds.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 July 2026
Definition of transferring
Verb
  • Hitler escaped the full force of the blast when someone moved the briefcase next to a table leg, deflecting much of the explosive force.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
  • If praise arrives, accept it instead of deflecting, then point to the next milestone.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026
Definition of deflecting
Verb
  • In fact, the United States mined magnesium from seawater for 50 years before switching to imports in the 90s.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 July 2026
  • When Tagger was 10, coaches dissuaded her from switching from two hands to one.
    — James Hansen, New York Times, 27 July 2026
Definition of switching
Verb
  • Spence, 36, makes his return after a nearly three-year layoff and a brutal TKO loss to Terence Crawford, moving up two divisions into hostile territory.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
  • That’s the tricky balance Warriors GM Mike Dunleavy must navigate moving forward.
    — Nick Friedell, New York Times, 25 July 2026
Definition of moving
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