siphon
Example Sentences
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As just one example, a Treasury advisory committee has estimated that payment stablecoins, which may be issued by all sorts of nonbanks, could siphon off $6.6 trillion of bank deposits.
From Barron's • Dec. 19, 2025
The alleged scam, and others like it, led to extensive soul-searching by streaming services on how to better protect artists from people abusing AI to siphon off royalty payments.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 16, 2025
Now, a slew of LNG terminals are under construction and set to siphon prodigious amounts of natural gas.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025
Corruption can siphon funds meant for health infrastructure, drug procurement or service delivery.
From Salon • Jul. 1, 2025
Meanwhile, everyone has an opinion on why the siphon isn’t working—but our knowledge of this lost art is limited to fifth-grade science labs and movies.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.