as in to direct
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 funnel
Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 4 Jan. 2025
Its efforts have all been funneled toward using AI to help beauty companies like Aveda, Mac, Clinique and Benefit increase their traffic, conversions and revenue.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 2 Jan. 2025
Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 16 Dec. 2024
Google Chrome is the top of a slippery funnel that users slide down, deeper into the Google ecosystem—which is precisely why, following a landmark antitrust ruling, the United States Department of Justice is trying to wrest Chrome away from the company.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2024
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The longtime Democratic campaign operative controls three political committees that funneled nearly $1 million into Levine Cava’s own committee, Our Democracy.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 4 Jan. 2025
Its efforts have all been funneled toward using AI to help beauty companies like Aveda, Mac, Clinique and Benefit increase their traffic, conversions and revenue.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 2 Jan. 2025
Noun
Don't leave before trying some tasty items from food vendors, who sell fair favorites such as corn dogs and turkey legs, plus authentic Mexican street tacos, burgers, and of course, funnel cakes.
—Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 16 Dec. 2024
Google Chrome is the top of a slippery funnel that users slide down, deeper into the Google ecosystem—which is precisely why, following a landmark antitrust ruling, the United States Department of Justice is trying to wrest Chrome away from the company.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2024
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Siva has directed the film which had a decent opening but was soon criticized for the high-decibel audio.Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Bohren directed the state Department of Health Services to draft a plan for her transition to a group home with supervision subject to his approval at a hearing within 60 days.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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An e-cigarette was found inside a Colgate toothpaste tube at Chicago Midway International Airport.Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2025
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The creamy formula comes in a twist-up tube for easy application on the go.Angela Lei, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Expand As the Bears began their penultimate drive, offensive coordinator Thomas Brown piped into Caleb Williams’ helmet headset with a familiar message.Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2025
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Try the Shrimp Creole at Arnaud’s, order piping hot beignets at Café du Monde, and savor a cocktail at the Napoleon House.Linnea Bailey, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2024
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Governments, developers and technology platforms must work together to channel foreign investments toward projects that address housing shortages.Reza Esmaeili, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Funded by about $460 million in annual revenue from hotel room taxes and conventions, the authority is a force in local politics, channeling the influence of the gaming and tourism industry.Daniel Rothberg, ProPublica, 8 Jan. 2025
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But instead of making money, the victims’ cryptocurrency was siphoned off into the con artists’ wallets.Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 10 Jan. 2025
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Opponents, including some Republicans and Democrats in the state, counter that the plan will inevitably siphon money away from already-underfunded public schools, and that the per-student dollars will largely go toward families who can already afford to pay for private school.Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 7 Jan. 2025
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In one, five women in white hanbok, carrying bundles of white laundry on their heads, form a tight, diagonal spiral (in response to gusts of wind?) against dark fields of grass and cropland.E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2025
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In a sentencing memorandum, prosecutors wrote that despite there being nearly a dozen people inside the boat, the vessel that ultimately capsized was only rated to carry five passengers.City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
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The first death related to the Palisades Fire was announced earlier today when the sheriff's office conducted a wellness check at a residence on Pacific Coast Highway.Janhvi Bhojwani, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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Under Strunk, controlling owner since 2015, the Titans have struggled to figure out how to conduct their rebuild.Mike Jones, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
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As a response to this, in the 1960s, the city added more concrete, channelizing the river in the hopes of getting runoff away from neighborhoods to Lake Michigan as fast as possible.Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2024
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Austin and San Antonio have dammed, altered, channelized, buried and otherwise manipulated their creeks and rivers.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 13 Mar. 2024
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“Funnel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funnel. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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