Thesaurus results for CHANNELED

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 Just last week at the Academy Musuem Gala, Kardashian wore an archival Balenciaga gown from 1951 that, as noted by the dress sourcer Lily et Cie, channeled the Hollywood icon. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2026 Inspired by true events that unfolded just minutes from where Groff grew up, The Amish Project is an intimate portrait of a place and a community channeled through a single performer. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2026 Nowhere was this more apparent than at the track, where the Rio Ruidoso, channeled through culverts, crossed the infield. — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026 Seeing how Colman channeled that, telling so much through his stillness, his eyes and the tone of his voice, was amazing to witness. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 19 Oct. 2026 This is far from the first time that Kardashian has channeled her icon Elizabeth Taylor. — Meg Walters, InStyle, 18 Oct. 2026 In this golden age of cringe, that earlier art of transgression—with its tense silences, humiliations, and hostile disturbance of the performer-audience relationship—was channeled downstream. — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026 The spending was channelled through private contractor Chemonics. — Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026 So the city loses out not only on new companies that would otherwise set up shop here but also on a group of founders who might have channeled their profits into the next generation of startups. — Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026

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Chinese documentary filmmaker Nanfu Wang produced and directed One Child Nation (2019) alongside Jialing Zhang to explore the legacy of China’s one-child policy (late 1970s–2016).

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2026
Now in 2026, several men wearing all black with red ties, like Way does in the music video directed by Marc Webb, trickle in as soon as the doors open.

— Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of directed

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Sportsbook operators, including FanDuel and DraftKings, have funneled more than $80 million into state senate and congressional races, via Win for America, a PAC launched in November 2025.

— Jake Angelo, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Instead of paying his victims back, investigators say Bailey funneled the money to himself for his own personal expenses, hiding his use of the funds by having his investors send the money to Jones' special lawyer accounts.

— Dan Raby, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of funneled

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During captive-carry testing, engineers can assess equipment carried by an aircraft before proceeding to more demanding flight demonstrations.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
The starting five that carried Atlanta to the playoffs last season — Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Dyson Daniels, Jalen Johnson, CJ McCollum and Onyeka Okongwu — returns.

— Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of carried

Verb

Shortly after the vote, City Councilmember Nithya Raman, Bass’ rival for mayor, appeared with city Controller Kenneth Mejia in front of the downtown DWP building to reiterate her own call for an audit — one conducted by the controller’s office.

— Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Other recent polls conducted by SurveyUSA, TrueDot and ActiVote have found Becerra leads by at least 20 points.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026

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