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siphon

[sahy-fuhn] / ˈsaɪ fən /
NOUN
pipe
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The bills received a key endorsement from CSU, which has resisted past efforts out of concern that far less costly community college degrees could siphon students from its campuses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

That’s attracted opposition from lobbying groups for banks, which say they’re worried it will siphon away bank deposits.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

A digital bill of rights would be a major part of that by boosting privacy and protecting the level of data that corporations can siphon up about ordinary people.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

Banks have said it leaves room for interest-like reward structures for popular tokens that could siphon deposits and limit their ability to lend.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

“Why don’t we lock the water in the truck, accept their hospitality, and maybe even have these people help us siphon gas. Then we can leave.”

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

This includes the Revolutionary Guard, which siphons about half the revenue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

DWR has also initiated a program to provide more pumps and siphons for local agencies that have maximized their ability to divert water for recharge, including the Fresno Irrigation District, Nemeth said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2023

The health authority acknowledged there could be potential equity concerns if One Medical siphons off commercially insured patients with higher payment rates from clinics that serve patients covered by Medicaid and Medicare.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2022

Scientists initially blamed this crucial ecosystem’s die-off solely on an unusually strong El Niño, a weather pattern that periodically siphons water away from the western Pacific and lowers local tides.

From Scientific American ● Dec. 1, 2022

The siphons at the ends of their necks glistened.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

A probe into donations allegedly siphoned off at India's grand Ram temple has renewed scrutiny of how religious sites manage vast amounts of cash and gold entrusted to them by devotees.

From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026

The sentence matched the minimum requested for Guo, in his late 50s and also known as Miles Kwok, arguing he siphoned more than $1 billion in funds raised from his followers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

“It kind of siphoned all of that pent-up, closeted stuff that you hold back, that you couldn’t freely express,” she said.

From Slate ● May 4, 2026

Uber says its ballot measure will give victims a larger cut of their settlement money, rather than the payout getting siphoned off primarily to attorneys and doctors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026

Usually he would sprint to the plane and knock out fifty, sixty push-ups before the exertion slowly siphoned away the anger.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

It condemned illegal tapping and siphoning, warning that such activities put lives, the environment and the economy at risk.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Higher Treasury yields provide competition, siphoning income-hungry investors away capital that could support prices.

From Barron's ● May 15, 2026

To advocates and education unions, such maneuvers amounted to improper or possibly illegal siphoning — and that’s one detail they were watching for Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

Arbitration has also become a massive phenomenon, siphoning countless cases off from the courts into a shadowy, opaque system that nobody can ever truly fully observe.

From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2026

Hermione pulled it toward her and began siphoning the ink off with her wand.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling




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