rechanneling

verb

present participle of rechannel
as in shunting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rechanneling
  1. shifting
  2. redirecting
  3. deviating
  4. diverting
  5. transferring
  6. deflecting
  7. switching
  8. moving
Verb
  • That water releases enormous amounts of heat into the atmosphere, shifting weather patterns around the world.
    — Ava Berger, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Few games ultimately ended up shifting, however, after clubs were reminded that the whole point of the effort was to increase labor output.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of shifting
Verb
  • Gomez advocates redirecting funding away from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, while Gonzales-Torres calls for abolishing ICE.
    — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The original plan changed because of substantial delays caused by global conflicts and suppliers redirecting their resources towards military products, including drones and missiles.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of redirecting
Verb
  • The complication shows the moon phases for both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, with a 135-tooth driving wheel that drastically enhances accuracy, deviating by just one day every 122 years.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2026
  • But maybe a line between North and South Carolina, between Tennessee and Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi then deviating south to divide Louisiana and Arkansas.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of deviating
Verb
  • The producer, Marisa Polvino, accuses her former partners of breach of contract and fraud for allegedly diverting the project’s rights and development assets away from her production company.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2026
  • That helped overcome opposition from local residents who complained that diverting vehicles from Oxford Street would clog their neighborhoods with traffic.
    — Danica Kirka, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of diverting
Verb
  • By reducing delays in transferring and interpreting images, researchers estimate CLARKE could help emergency managers make decisions roughly a day earlier.
    — Zoë Schiffer, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2026
  • In return, Russia has reportedly supplied North Korea with air defenses and electronic warfare capabilities and is considering transferring even more advanced military technology.
    — Dan Blumenthal, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of transferring
Verb
  • Concha said Flanagan was deflecting responsibility despite serving as lieutenant governor.
    — Mackenzie Chase, The Washington Examiner, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Users can stow it in their pockets, then open it up and watch a movie on its matte, light-deflecting surface.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of deflecting
Verb
  • The celebrities sucked up a lot of air, and so the show leaned in, switching to all-celebrity casts.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Anthropic’s launch of Claude Duet may be partly defensive, giving Claude Pro and Max users a way to hand off more of their daily tasks without switching to a rival’s assistant.
    — Wen Shao, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of switching
Verb
  • One of the key questions investigators are working to answer is why the control center appeared to be unaware that a train remained stalled on the tracks ahead of a train moving at 120 mph.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
  • But what about those who exhibit other signs of depression who never stop moving, and may double down on their work?
    — Allison Aubrey, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of moving
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