funnel
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He said that investors want to see evidence that Adobe’s “freemium” funnel will translate to durable paid-subscriber growth, and not weaken the pricing power for its premium offerings.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
Specifically, the court noted that existing disclosure laws and rules about earmarking donations already act as disincentives for donors hoping to use parties as a means to indirectly funnel money to candidates.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026
He also entered the broader snack-food space and school-lunch programs with products like frozen juice cups, funnel cakes and cookie dough.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
The plan is for power lines to funnel this green energy to the megacities of Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Chongqing.
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
The ship looked desolate there upon her side, with no one on her decks, and her thin black funnel pointing to the shore.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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He funnels huge amounts of money into those picks so they can win markets and drown out rivals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
The landmark parkrun saw a large turnout, with runners queuing in finish funnels to get their times recorded on a sunny morning in the capital.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
The whales were believed to have died in such numbers in this particular area because it is a popular foraging habitat -- and has a V-shaped trench that funnels carcasses to the seafloor.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
But versatility is also a lost art — collateral damage during the construction of the pipeline that directly funnels social media stars to the screen.
From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2026
Buy three funnels to make much easier filling containers.
From "Seedfolks" by Paul Fleischman
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The sudden crackdown is part of an expanding criminal probe into how restricted Nvidia chips are allegedly being funneled into Asia.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
In 2003, McLeod’s patrons funneled more than $100,000 through The Fellowship to compensate him.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026
Instead, over a decade, the indictment says they used Nourafchan’s tips and funneled them to far-flung traders, including a hair stylist in Santa Monica, Calif., as well as several people in Russia and Israel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
“If transit is funneled through a smaller, controlled portion of the strait, you’re not stopping barrels, but you are constraining them — creating friction and likely reducing overall throughput.”
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 9, 2026
The money, in the form of a five-year grant, would be funneled through Harvard Medical School.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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OpenAI lawyers have suggested that she funnelled information about OpenAI to Musk after he in 2018 left the AI company, which he co-founded and made early donations to.
From BBC ● May 6, 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
But despite strong earnings releases in recent quarters, traders have started questioning the wisdom of chasing ever-higher prices, with cash mostly funnelled into a handful of big-name companies.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025
When built upon a horizontal base of sufficient extent, it is a dome with a central neck, funnelled like the mouth of an urn.
From The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
Before he won the presidency, Mr. Lee was on trial for allegedly funneling $8 million in secret funds to the North.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
“Kevin Juin solicited more than $2 million in purported loans to invest in a lingerie company, while funneling the money to personal accounts to fund a luxurious lifestyle,” said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
From MarketWatch ● May 29, 2026
In a dark room, a doctor pointed to an hourglass shape glowing on the ultrasound screen: There was her amniotic sac, funneling into her dilated cervix, and there was their tiny daughter’s foot, dipping out.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
Treasury sanctioned al-Jamal’s crypto wallets in 2024 for funneling $178 million proceeds from illicit Iranian oil sales to the Houthis.
From Barron's ● Apr. 18, 2026
With Park siphoning off current and funneling it to the ground, the level of voltage that Shin was exposed to as he crawled over his friend’s back was probably not close to being lethal.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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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
The cardinal was also accused of funnelling vast sums of money to his home diocese of Sardinia, some of which reportedly benefited his family.
From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2023
Helsinki says Moscow is funnelling them to the border, a charge the Kremlin denies.
From Reuters ● Nov. 24, 2023
The new launch pad appears to feature a rail-mounted assembly structure, a possible mechanism for lifting a rocket into place, lighting towers, and a tunnel for funnelling flames away.
From Reuters ● May 25, 2023
It is a bold step to make holes in the funnelling as obviously any uncertainty of draught might fill the hut with smoke.
From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Scott, Robert Falcon
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