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 Its hollow masts also act as ventilators, funneling air up when heated in the sun. — Sal Vaglica, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 Comans had filed a lawsuit in July 2025 that challenged her removal and argued that DHS and FEMA harmed her reputation by falsely accusing her of funneling millions of dollars to New York City for the hotels. — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 That includes accelerating internal research and also funneling $65 billion in external acquisitions and licensing agreements over the five years to build its pipeline of next-generation medicines. — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026 Critics erupted after details revealed the blueprint increases funding for Partners Against the Hate, funneling millions to the Arab American Association of New York, a group notorious for its aggressive anti-Israel advocacy. — Staff, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026 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 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for funneling
  1. directing
  2. channeling
  3. carrying
  4. conducting
  5. siphoning
Verb
  • One of the main threads of the book that drew Duffield to directing the adaptation was the father-son relationship at its core; his own son was 4 at the time of the set visit.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Earlier in the same week, North Korea reported testing tactical ballistic missiles from the area around the capital, directing them towards the East Sea.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of directing
Verb
  • But fear not, Lisa will be channeling that energy into her art.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The latest actor to bring method dressing into her press tour (just like Zendaya and Margot Robbie before her), Daisy Edgar-Jones is beautifully channeling a modern-day Jane Austen heroine to support her press tour for Sense and Sensibility.
    — Elle Turner, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of channeling
Verb
  • Nobody is accountable for carrying that signal across the business, another way of saying nobody owns it.
    — Jay Lee, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The cost of carrying a credit card balance and getting a car loan have also increased.
    — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of carrying
Verb
  • Raphaëlle, meanwhile, is recovering after a long rehabilitation and must confront the loss of her mobility, which prevents her from conducting investigations with her former energy.
    — Ed Meza, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Iran appears to be targeting vessels conducting ship-to-ship oil transfers around the Strait of Hormuz, according to a military institute.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of conducting
Verb
  • The Ventura County Sheriff's Office arrested four men who allegedly drove around siphoning hundreds of gallons of diesel fuel from semi-trucks over the past few months.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of siphoning

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“Funneling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funneling. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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