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
Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2025
The goal of the benefit concert was to raise awareness and funnel funding to assist with their immediate needs, understanding there is a long-term challenge ahead for everyone, the news release stated.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
Kyla Guilfoil, NBC News, 4 Feb. 2025
Second, canyons and valleys can act as funnels for the Santa Ana winds.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
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Verb
The case alleged that those donations were funneled through U.S. citizens to mask their origins and maximized with taxpayer dollars through the city’s public matching funds program.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2025
The goal of the benefit concert was to raise awareness and funnel funding to assist with their immediate needs, understanding there is a long-term challenge ahead for everyone, the news release stated.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
This is about opening that funnel and bringing the best talent into the NFL.
—Kyla Guilfoil, NBC News, 4 Feb. 2025
Second, canyons and valleys can act as funnels for the Santa Ana winds.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for funnel
Verb
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Government agencies have been directed to submit by March 13 their plans for what is known as a reduction in force, which would not only lay off employees but eliminate positions altogether.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2025
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In an exclusive campaign video shared with PEOPLE, directed and shot by Charlotte Wales, Hewson dons a variety of sultry ensembles, from a black lace one-piece to a sheer lace bra.—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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Check this out 🇬🇧 Tunnel vision: A mile-long series of secret World War II tunnels under a tube station in London will be turned into a major tourist attraction.—
Daniel Wine,
CNN,
26 Feb. 2025
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Several side trails branch off along the way, leading to lava tubes, cinder cones and lava caves (only open during summer).—
Emese Maczko,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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The lagoon was last dredged in the winter of 2020-21, when about 300,000 cubic yards of sand were removed and piped onto the beach.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
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Its filtration method makes for a strong, balanced, and piping hot cup of coffee.—
Terri Williams,
Architectural Digest,
21 Feb. 2025
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The pair effortlessly channeled mother-daughter fashion in coordinating all-black looks, with the seasoned supermodel in a silky halter dress, sheer tights and open-toe heels, while her offspring wore a sculptural, strapless minidress and ankle-strap heels.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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Impressions of the week: Art left its mark — Erdem’s collaboration with Kaye Donachie brought portraiture to fabric, S.S. Daley channelled Francis Cadell’s brushwork and Roksanda reinterpreted Phyllida Barlow’s sculptural language into volume and form.—
Tianwei Zhang,
WWD,
25 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Instead, tax dollars are being siphoned off to fund unproductive and unnecessary programs that benefit radical interest groups while hurting hardworking American citizens.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
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Instead, tax dollars are being siphoned off to fund unproductive and unnecessary programs that benefit radical interest groups while hurting hard-working American citizens.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Butler carried the Heat to two NBA Finals appearances.—
Jon Krawczynski,
The Athletic,
8 Mar. 2025
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Sixty-plus years ago, the state’s water managers proposed a canal around the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to complete the state project that carries water from the northern part of the state to the southern.—
Dan Walters,
Orange County Register,
7 Mar. 2025
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Three years ago, the NFLPA began conducting surveys that led to team-by-team report cards on the state of working conditions across the league.—
Mike Jones,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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The findings, part of a report released last month, echo the conclusions of a similar audit conducted four years earlier, also by the state Auditor General.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2025
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As a response to this, in the 1960s, the city added more concrete, channelizing the river in the hopes of getting runoff away from neighborhoods to Lake Michigan as fast as possible.—
Caitlin Looby,
Journal Sentinel,
4 Dec. 2024
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Austin and San Antonio have dammed, altered, channelized, buried and otherwise manipulated their creeks and rivers.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American-Statesman,
13 Mar. 2024
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“Funnel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funnel. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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