channeled

verb

variants or channelled
past tense of channel
as in directed
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 channeled The closure channeled extra traffic to and then backed up I-285 northbound on both sides of town from well before its two I-20 intersections. — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 30 Aug. 2026 The two men have spoken directly since Warsh became chairman, breaking with a tradition that sees contact between the Fed and the administration channeled through the Treasury secretary. — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026 The funds are slated to be channeled through Shakira’s Fundación Pies Descalzos (Barefoot Foundation), and will go toward rebuilding schools and getting children back into classrooms. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2026 Regan Slater channelled his inner David Beckham with his set-piece deliveries, Mohamed Belloumi ran around nutmegging people, and McBurnie dropped a lone-striker masterclass. — Stuart James, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 Material that isn't consumed by these feasting cosmic titans is channeled to the poles of the black holes, from where it is blasted out as plasma jets. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2026 Earlier this year, Lovato channeled her inner Brat at the Los Angeles premiere of Charli XCX’s The Moment. — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 19 Aug. 2026 For years, Kiganda channeled his grief into advocacy, participating in World AIDS Day to raise awareness about HIV. — Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 13 Aug. 2026 Natalie channeled that motivation in the en suite bath as well. — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 9 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for channeled
  1. directed
  2. funneled
  3. carried
  4. conducted
Verb
  • One of the questions, directed to David Hunt, director of finance for Entergy Arkansas, asks him to explain the reasoning for the classification of the payments.
    — Sydney Sasser, Arkansas Online, 1 Sep. 2026
  • There’s also the last-minute addition of NAZA, directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, two of the Oscar-winning filmmakers behind No Other Land.
    — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of directed
Verb
  • Robert Manuel Nacionales Tafoya, at the time the Baldwin Park city attorney, drafted up the legal documents that funneled the money from Chavez’s firm to Pacheco and worked with Pacheco to deliver the permits, prosecutors say.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Since June's election, Super PACs associated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee have funneled more than $5 million into the East Bay race on ads supporting Hernandez, according to Politico.
    — Noe Padilla, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of funneled
Verb
  • Several heavy explosions shook Kuhestak, with fireballs that lighted up the night sky, according to security camera recordings carried by the semiofficial news agency Fars.
    — David Rising, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The ideas that traveled furthest were carried by story rather than analysis.
    — Bryan Adams, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of carried
Verb
  • Mayor Zohran Mamdani said an internal investigation will be conducted and that the body-camera footage will be released to the public.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Mamdani applauded police for stopping the attack but said an internal investigation would be conducted.
    — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of conducted

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“Channeled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/channeled. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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