channeling

verb

variants or channelling
Definition of channelingnext
present participle of channel
as in focusing
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 Synonyms for channeling
  1. focusing
  2. siphoning
  3. directing
  4. conducting
Verb
  • Aliza covers trending news, often focusing on crime and politics.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • By focusing on testing a few small ideas and being flexible enough to adjust when necessary, companies can achieve strong results.
    Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of focusing
Verb
  • The unusually large size of this bulge compared with the galaxy’s disk is possibly thanks to UGC 10043 siphoning material from a nearby dwarf galaxy.
    Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Investigators accuse her and dozens of accomplices of taking loans and cash through a web of thousands of shell companies over more than a decade – siphoning off what amounts to a total of $44 billion.
    Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of siphoning
Verb
  • What does directing a legendary actor like Harrison Ford look like?
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 24 Dec. 2024
  • So after making more than 400 episodes of television, my intention for my directing debut was equal parts quality on screen and quantity of hours on set.
    Diane Farr, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of directing
Verb
  • The Marquette Law School Poll has been around since 2012, conducting more than 80 statewide surveys and interviewing more than 70,000 Wisconsin voters.
    Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Coordinating ahead, officers at the next station secured the train by keeping the doors closed and conducting a car-by-car search, resulting in the suspect being apprehended without incident.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of conducting
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