siphoning

variants also syphoning
present participle of siphon

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of siphoning On a larger level, the tech giant’s Gemini AI platform has been mobilized as a way of siphoning off search traffic and keeping users on Google. Dade Hayes, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025 Despite some discouraging downward trends, all the prefatory jawing could go a long way toward siphoning off a fair number of viewers who might otherwise be locked in on the NFL. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2025 Without an influx of new students from outside of North Lawndale, growing the three schools could mean siphoning students from other schools with their own enrollment woes. Mila Koumpilova, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2025 The proposal that Republican lawmakers advanced on Thursday splits Kansas City on either side of Troost Avenue, siphoning residents to the west into Missouri’s 4th Congressional District. Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025 After tragedies or natural disasters, fake nonprofits or misleading crowdfunding campaigns pop up online, siphoning donations away from legitimate causes. Jason Phillips, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025 To service it, the government alleged, Mizuhara himself became a criminal, taking control of one of Ohtani’s bank accounts and siphoning almost $17 million from the superstar. David Amsden, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025 High-profile failures, such as rogue employees at exchanges siphoning funds or misuse of this data in open banking, have made regulators wary. Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025 But an unseen companion like a neutron star could be siphoning material away from the larger star — and that may have been enough to release a burst of radio waves, Blanchard said. Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for siphoning
Verb
  • In Ruidoso, New Mexico, the pounding hooves of racehorses have entranced crowds from across Texas and New Mexico every summer, pumping in millions of dollars from the All-American Derby, Oaks and Futurity races and the steady hum of seasonal jobs that carry this mountain village.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Instead of pumping in conventional air conditioning, it was surrounded by proprietary glass panes filled with cooled water.
    Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • An unseasonably strong low-pressure system that lingered off the Southern California coast all week was sliding inland, funneling moisture and atmospheric instability across Arizona.
    Hayleigh Evans, 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
Verb
  • Instead of reconnecting, conversations with Ella have become draining and repetitive.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Soil Any average well-draining soil is fine because these plants are used to tough conditions and adapt well to a variety of soil types.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The city’s mayor, Brandon Johnson, signed an order directing Chicago law enforcement and officials not to cooperate with federal agents and established an initiative intended to protect residents’ rights.
    Rebecca Schneid, Time, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Kapenga had been hitting the gavel and directing Carpenter to make his questions relevant to the bill.
    Jessie Opoien, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Black and Afro-descendant women in Colombia are at the heart of these songs, transmitting this legacy from generation to generation.
    Karla Gachet, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Pistorius warned that 39 Chinese and Russian reconnaissance satellites were flying over Germany transmitting real-time surveillance data and said NATO allies needed to develop offensive capabilities needed to be developed in space to deter any threat.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Nozawa approached the decor with the goal of softening the architecture's hard lines and surfaces, while channeling the color palette of the building materials.
    Monika Biegler Eyers, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Just be sure to let out a few of their iconic catchphrases and quotes so people recognize which version of PPG you and your girls are channeling on October 31.
    Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Siphoning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/siphoning. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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