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also funnelled
as in channeled
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 funneled
Stockpiles have been funneled to Ukraine for years, and existing factories are hard pressed to more quickly churn out new equipment like interceptor missiles.
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Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
The Republic's review showed wealthy figures funnelled millions through out-of-state groups to influence Arizona elections.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Bezos and Milner funneled over $3 billion into Altos Labs; Altman pledged $1 billion to Retro Biosciences; Peter Diamandis and Tony Robbins raised $18 million for Fountain Life; Dave Asprey is privately backing Upgrade Labs.
—Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Nearly $2 million in company funds were funneled to OPTO, authorities said.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 9 Sep. 2025
In other states across the country, convicts were funnelled into a range of different facilities, but in Aragua the system was more centralized, and the main prison was Tocorón.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Obvious as that opening sequence at the cider mill might be, there’s a lingering queasiness to its Wes Anderson-like top-down shots of apples being funnelled through a big machine that shuts down the second an irregular object is thrown into the mix.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
Last year, then-president Biden funneled billions of dollars in grants to Intel via the CHIPS and Science Act.
—John Ruwitch, NPR, 6 Sep. 2025
Between 2023 and 2025 so far Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Meta, Apple, and their peers have funneled tens of billions into India.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
The Republic's review showed wealthy figures funnelled millions through out-of-state groups to influence Arizona elections.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Bezos and Milner funneled over $3 billion into Altos Labs; Altman pledged $1 billion to Retro Biosciences; Peter Diamandis and Tony Robbins raised $18 million for Fountain Life; Dave Asprey is privately backing Upgrade Labs.
—Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Nearly $2 million in company funds were funneled to OPTO, authorities said.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 9 Sep. 2025
In other states across the country, convicts were funnelled into a range of different facilities, but in Aragua the system was more centralized, and the main prison was Tocorón.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Obvious as that opening sequence at the cider mill might be, there’s a lingering queasiness to its Wes Anderson-like top-down shots of apples being funnelled through a big machine that shuts down the second an irregular object is thrown into the mix.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
Last year, then-president Biden funneled billions of dollars in grants to Intel via the CHIPS and Science Act.
—John Ruwitch, NPR, 6 Sep. 2025
Between 2023 and 2025 so far Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Meta, Apple, and their peers have funneled tens of billions into India.
—Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for funneled
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Meanwhile, matter in the disk is channeled to the poles of the supermassive black hole by powerful magnetic fields, from where it is blasted out as near-light-speed jets.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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With Cefinn, Cameron channeled her love of fashion as well as commerce, a passion that runs in the family.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
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They can then be directed to a location (possibly on a different floor) where a car will arrive to drop-off passengers, cutting the airport traffic in half.—
Brad Templeton,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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At one point, the group directed a tractor trailer to maneuver around her car.—
Laura Kwerel,
NPR,
17 Sep. 2025
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Once the lithium is being developed, the money will need to go to the State coffers and cannot be siphoned off by the typical corruption that has long bedeviled the country.—
Daniel Markind,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Residents on the east side of Troost Avenue would find themselves in the drastically altered 5th District, and residents to the west of the historic dividing line would be siphoned off into the new 4th District, which would stretch to southern Missouri.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Funneled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funneled. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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