funneling

verb

variants also funnelling
present participle of funnel
as in directing
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 funneling For years, hospitals have been buying and building outpatient centers, and then funneling more care to them. — Bob Herman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026 Despite funneling $40 billion into enterprise investment, 95 percent of organizations are not yet seeing any returns. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026 At the same time, the sub-tropical jetstream is also pushed northward, thus funneling more moisture from the Pacific into the southern and eastern tiers of the nation, leading to above average precipitation. — Matthew Villafane, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026 Five of Holy Land’s leaders were ultimately found guilty of funneling more than $12 million to Hamas. — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 20 Sep. 2026 The temporary law allows border authorities to restrict asylum applications and turn back migrants if a foreign actor attempts to destabilize the country by funneling people across the border. — Brooke Curto , Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2026 Seeprae says the country’s cash rebate program has drawn in upward of 100 foreign productions to date, funneling more than THB20 billion ($608 million) toward Thai crews and local economies. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026 Unanimous Media’s Peyton says his firm wants to play a bigger role in financing projects and funneling creators and other non-traditional talents to larger studios. — Justin Birnbaum, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026 Norway permits gambling only via state monopolies aimed at preventing gambling problems and at funneling profits to nonprofits. — Jonathan Caulkins, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for funneling
  1. directing
  2. channeling
  3. carrying
  4. conducting
  5. siphoning
Verb
  • The laser accelerated electrons through a gas, directing them into a solid target to create light bursts that generated muon pairs.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026
  • From labor struggles and lynching to desegregation, Murray served as the ethical voice of reason, directing Roosevelt to use her immensely powerful position on behalf of righteous causes.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of directing
Verb
  • More than two years later, Selma Blair is taking the fallout over her Islamophobic comments and channeling it into a documentary about antisemitism.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The president has reworked Russia’s economy and political system around the conflict, channeling investment into weapons factories and making loud proponents of the war central figures in the country’s government.
    — Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of channeling
Verb
  • An ammunition depot was hit, as were a bulk carrier in the Chornomorsk port carrying dual-use goods and port infrastructure in Izmail, the ministry said.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
  • As the hundreds of thousands of people made their way down the narrow roads following the politician, a few rerouted into the industry event, still carrying big flags and with faces lit up with hope.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of carrying
Verb
  • The Supreme Court ruled in 2022 that HHS couldn’t vary payment rates by hospital group without first conducting the acquisition-cost survey required by statute.
    — Casey B. Mulligan, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Pictures show commuters conducting a moment of silence on the highway, the Dizengoff Fountain filled with red dye and a memorial beach installation honoring lives lost in the 2023 attacks.
    — Charlene Gubash, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of conducting
Verb
  • The fats and oils inside the tank did not physically change when thieves began siphoning them out.
    — Edward D. Melillo, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The couple were weighing their options last year when life began siphoning off their savings.
    — Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of siphoning

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“Funneling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funneling. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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