variants
or channelling
as in focusing
to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway
an athletic youth who channeled all of his energy into sports
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Recent Examples of channeling
Binns, sober since her 1979 stay at Cumberland Heights rehab in Nashville, often was brash when channeling her passion.
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Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Sep. 2025
SaaS giants must avoid these pitfalls by channeling resources into green-light augmentation to ensure adoption and trust.
—Wayne Liu, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Ali—or Richard Durham channeling Ali—would write just months after the fight that some part of him had always rebelled against the primal allure of his sport.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
Trina, channelling Duran, told Rensch that chess was his Purpose.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
When channeling your boho blonde mood board, think more French chic than California cool.
—Jeanne Ballion, Glamour, 11 Sep. 2025
For those feeling especially upset over this video, Anderson recommends examining those feelings and channeling them in healthy, productive ways.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
The 5-foot-10 actor of Training Day and Before Sunset was tasked with channeling a man many said was barely 5 feet tall with waning hair.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 9 Sep. 2025
With a script by Nobody creator Derek Kolstad from his and Odenkirk’s story, this movie also looks to be channeling ’50s classics like Bad Day at Black Rock and Violent Saturday.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Sep. 2025
SaaS giants must avoid these pitfalls by channeling resources into green-light augmentation to ensure adoption and trust.
—Wayne Liu, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Ali—or Richard Durham channeling Ali—would write just months after the fight that some part of him had always rebelled against the primal allure of his sport.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
Trina, channelling Duran, told Rensch that chess was his Purpose.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
When channeling your boho blonde mood board, think more French chic than California cool.
—Jeanne Ballion, Glamour, 11 Sep. 2025
For those feeling especially upset over this video, Anderson recommends examining those feelings and channeling them in healthy, productive ways.
—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
The 5-foot-10 actor of Training Day and Before Sunset was tasked with channeling a man many said was barely 5 feet tall with waning hair.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 9 Sep. 2025
With a script by Nobody creator Derek Kolstad from his and Odenkirk’s story, this movie also looks to be channeling ’50s classics like Bad Day at Black Rock and Violent Saturday.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for channeling
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At City, he does not get involved in the football intricacies, instead focusing on cutting deals.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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Trojans head coach Elan Bain said focusing on their fundamentals was a key to victory.—
Zachary McMahon,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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That has monumentally changed college sports, of course, funneling schools into the Big Ten and SEC while decimating conferences like our old Pac-12 – but not the appeal of Pac-12 After Dark.—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
11 Sep. 2025
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More often, the reports showed groups funneling tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars to other groups, without reporting where the money originated.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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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
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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
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What’s somewhat wild here is that this came from director Francis Lawrence, best known for directing almost all the Hunger Games movies, including Catching Fire, the two parts of Mockingjay and the recent Ballad of Songs and Snakes.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The experiment involved directing an electron beam from the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) onto a hydrogen target inside the CLAS12 detector.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Start by conducting an internal audit of your own energy efficiency practices and goals.—
Kiyoshi Oka,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Cadillac Formula One team principal Graeme Lowdon confirmed that his team has finished conducting squeeze and impact tests on its 2026 prototype F1 car, becoming the first team to have reached the milestone.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Channeling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/channeling. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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