as in to direct
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 funnel
Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 30 May 2025
Her earnings from the We TV reality show have been funneled into the account.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 24 May 2025
Tim Gruber, New York Times, 18 May 2025
As a nice touch, a funnel is included for easy pouring.
—Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 May 2025
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Verb
Police funneled people through the open streets between the barricades that blocked off 7th Ave.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 30 May 2025
Her earnings from the We TV reality show have been funneled into the account.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 24 May 2025
Noun
The mines in the state’s Iron Range, where Mr. Bird was born and raised — and where his father, grandfather and great-grandfather worked in the pits before him — sit atop a domestic supply funnel.
—Tim Gruber, New York Times, 18 May 2025
As a nice touch, a funnel is included for easy pouring.
—Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for funnel
Verb
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Izu Ojukwu directed ’76 and returned to helm ’77: The Festac Conspiracy, reuniting with Tonye Princewill and Adonijah Owiriwa who exec produce.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
3 June 2025
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But after the Supreme Court set the historical tradition test in its 2022 decision known as Bruen, the justices directed the appeals court to reconsider its ruling.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
Noun
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Purchase includes a glass testing tube as well as a bottle brush.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
13 June 2025
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Portable air conditioner: These units will also have a tube for the exhaust that can run through any opening in your tent.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
12 June 2025
Verb
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If making ahead of time, refrigerate until ready to use; if using a ziplock bag, cut off the tip of one of the bottom corners before piping the aioli.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
18 May 2025
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The team does not appear to be interested in piping DolphinGemma's output right into the CHAT audio transducer for the animals to hear.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
14 Apr. 2025
Verb
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In Entertainment Weekly's exclusive preview of the next RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 10 episode, guest judges and Wicked costars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo reunite to surprise the queens by channeling Alyssa Edwards from behind the Werk Room's makeup mirrors.—
Joey Nolfi Published,
EW.com,
12 June 2025
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The challenge for Lander was to channel it in a way that would bring benefits to the people living there, not just the ones moving in.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
11 June 2025
Verb
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There was no free agency, no World Hockey Association siphoning off talent as in the 1970s, no true NHL entry draft.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2025
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The reality is that siphoning road dollars for public transit would mean that critical projects to repair functionally obsolete bridges and unsafe roads in Cook County and across the state would no longer proceed as planned.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2025
Verb
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In the early days of the split, HBO Max will continue to carry live sports content, although that arrangement is subject to change.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
9 June 2025
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The powerful currents of flash floods can carry drivers off the road.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
9 June 2025
Verb
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But surveys out this week showed differing results, especially in light of Trump's response to the protests: —A CBS poll, conducted before the protests in Los Angeles, found 54% approve of his deportation policies.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
14 June 2025
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Invoking the Insurrection Act would empower the Administration to use the military more aggressively—to conduct raids, make arrests, and engage in other law-enforcement activities against the civilian population.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
14 June 2025
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Those changes include channelizing the bay in some places and transforming it into dunes and marshland in others.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Apr. 2025
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The statement is in effect until 8 p.m. Caught in a rip: How to stay safe Rip currents are channelized currents of water flowing away from shore at surf beaches.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Funnel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funnel. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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