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funnel

[fuhn-l] / ˈfʌn l /


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Simply Good’s self-diagnostic also revealed the company was focusing too heavily on the lower funnel at the expense of branding in social media, on streaming TV and with influencers, according to Scalzo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

The Central Lowlands could also experience disruption as strong winds funnel through the region.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The group was able to raise enough money to funnel resources to campus organizations for events, campaigns and media efforts.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

In a report in July, the PIJ claimed the bureau had received a complaint alleging US intelligence believed top Malawi military personnel may have helped to secretly funnel heavy weaponry to Sudan.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

One was elevated and completely covered; no way could he get the monsters to funnel through it.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Here, Sorkin funnels his penchant for self-important sanctimoniousness through the journalism thriller’s always-intriguing lens.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

The residents, who still believe the Whanki Museum had the funnels installed, want them to reveal what was in them, so experts can treat the ginkgo.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Marketing shifted from campaign bursts to always‑on funnels and A/B testing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025

Palantir began as a defense contractor and has since found other customers selling a platform that funnels data into simple dashboards that use artificial intelligence to aid decision-making.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2025

“Sometimes the sun pulls too. He says that around the islands, the tides make funnels that can swallow boats whole.”

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

The owners allegedly underreported how much they paid their employees by more than $100,000 each year and funneled profits through mortgage payments and investments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

That, and a booming economy, helped Detroit carmakers rake in profits, which were subsequently funneled into pursuing other businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Earlier this year, Lewin funneled $3.8 billion to a small arm of the United Nations, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, quadrupling the budget of the agency.

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

Those institutional orders will get funneled through S&P Global’s Equity Bookbuild platform.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

They’d fitted it with barrels, and a channel in the floor caught runoff and funneled it out to the gardens.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

But not all of it is funnelled into learning.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

At the time, Nasa described pyrocumulonimbus as "the fire-breathing dragon of clouds, external" as they funnelled a smoke-like chimney into the earth's atmosphere while hurling thunderbolts, wind and rain.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Spurs ultimately funnelled Villa's play down the middle while also setting up to have numerous players in that area of the pitch.

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

Millions more were funnelled into art by Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh, a private jet, and the production of the Hollywood movie "The Wolf of Wall Street" by Najib's stepson.

From Barron's ● Dec. 25, 2025

Many miles away, yet amazingly distinct in the rarefied air, the smoke of threshers hung in funnelled smudges above the horizon—like the black smoke of steamers, hull down, at sea.

From Deep Furrows by Hopkins Moorhouse

Most voters interviewed by AFP agreed that Collins had done well in funneling federal funding back to Maine over the years and that 58-year-old newcomer Jackson would not be so successful.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Walter’s makeover of Delaware Life and other insurers he ran through parent company Group 1001 added a twist, funneling cash into private loans to his other businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

With American refiners funneling the fuel oil into international markets, the domestic supply has dwindled, driving up prices.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

They contend that the higher costs will be passed along to consumers, and they also take issue with funneling a new funding source to a niche industry without going through the budget process.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

The long lines, three and four abreast, funneling to the meeting hall, were kept in strict ordfer by Fruit of Islam men communicating by walkie-talkie.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

He said high pressure over Europe was funnelling hot air north from northern Africa, with the weather system hindering cloud formation.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

Alliance Party councillor Jill Truesdale also lives in the area and described seeing the water "funnelling down the mountain".

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2025

Those grants and loans, together with the clean energy tax credits that are also part of the IRA, have been funnelling billions of new federal and private dollars into developing clean energy.

From BBC ● May 29, 2025

The expected failure of the bill would mean an existing visa policy, which has been widely accused of exacerbating problems by funnelling most international students to a select few city-based universities, will remain in place.

From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2024

"Listen and believe!" he cried; and funnelling his hands about his lips, he stooped over the central hole.

From At a Winter's Fire by Bernard Edward Joseph Capes


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