funneled

verb

variants also funnelled
past tense of funnel
as in directed
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 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 Federal investigators are probing whether insurance firms owned by Walter improperly funnelled money to other companies of his. — Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Instead, Beijing rolled out a roughly $586 billion stimulus—equivalent to around 12 percent of China’s GDP in 2008—funneled almost entirely into infrastructure and construction. — Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2026 McDonnell had saddled up to Banc of California and funneled a portion of her new $15 million loan to keep the other bank at bay. — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026 Since 2019, the state has funneled more than $1 billion into public schools through the Student Opportunity Act, which aimed to increase aid to districts with the highest need. — Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2026 The city’s manufacturing ecosystem depends on rough stones sourced from around the world, processed by tens of thousands of workers, and funneled into global markets through trading networks centered in Mumbai. — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026 In addition to United Democracy Project, a Times analysis identified five smaller super PACs that AIPAC has funneled roughly $22 million into since 2022. — Jennifer Medina, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for funneled
  1. directed
  2. channeled
  3. carried
  4. conducted
  5. siphoned
  6. piped
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
  • 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
Definition of channeled
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
Verb
  • This year alone, $5 billion in taxpayer funds will be siphoned away from public schools to prop up Florida’s unaccountable voucher program, diverting dollars from the more than 80% of children who attend public schools.
    — Andrew Spar, Sun Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Police said Cedillos-Campos had siphoned gas from his motorcycle and put it in a water bottle ahead of time.
    — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of siphoned
Verb
  • The cost of powering homes is also up, with electricity and piped gas both costing around 4% more annually.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The collection also includes a special Poké Ball Doughnut — glazed and dipped in vanilla icing, topped with red sprinkles and piped with chocolate icing.
    — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of piped

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

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