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Examples of funnel in a Sentence
Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2024
The port side portion of the exhaust funnel fell onto deck 10 of the ship as a result of the fire, according to Carnival.
—David Williams, CNN, 24 Mar. 2024
Later in the lab, the researchers put the samples in a piece of tissue paper within a closed funnel filled with some water.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2024
Keep in Mind Its funnel and cutting diameter are on the smaller side.
—Rachel Ahrnsen, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Feb. 2024
The ability to create a strong information system with clear funnel analytics is required to maximize the ROI.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
Hunters will typically first position the blind or layout boat and then set the spread slightly downwind, leaving runways that serve both as boat travel routes and bird funnels.
—M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 8 Feb. 2024
The added moisture in the air, courtesy of the respective rivers in both cases, allows more condensate to waft into the funnel’s column of low pressure, illustrating the near-surface inflow feeding the tornado.
—Scott Dance, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
To use, feed double handfuls of material into the large 21-inch-diameter funnel.
—Rachel Ahrnsen, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Feb. 2024
Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Apr. 2024
The resulting data dump has provided a rare glimpse into the machinery of Indian politics, revealing how $2 billion have been secretly funneled by Indian companies into political parties since 2018, with roughly half going toward the ruling BJP.
—Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
The state budget for fiscal year 2025, which begins July 1, would have funneled more than $16 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to dole out the $120 benefit per school-aged child.
—Ian Max Stevenson and, Idaho Statesman, 29 Mar. 2024
Last year, generative AI went through a transformation period, becoming a hot topic and commodity as investors funneled billions into said tools.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2024
Instead, developers are building houses that funnel wealth to rental owners and managers, not families.
—Catherine Reagor, The Arizona Republic, 17 Mar. 2024
Cranston backers funneled money into the campaign of Edward Vallen, the candidate for the conservative American Independent Party.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2024
That, in turn, limits them from providing tap-to-pay capabilities and, again, funnels iPhone users into Apple Pay and Apple Wallet.
—Victoria Song, The Verge, 21 Mar. 2024
As an ongoing civil lawsuit in Mississippi alleges, too often these funds get funneled into the pockets of wealthy donors through grants rather than going to the poor as intended.
—TIME, 21 Mar. 2024
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Word History
Noun
Middle English funell, fonel, borrowed from Anglo-French fonyle, borrowed from Old Occitan (Gascony, Périgord) fonilh, going back to early Medieval Latin fundibulum, shortened from Latin infundibulum, from infundere "to pour in, fill (with something poured in)" + -i- -i- + -bulum, instrumental suffix (going back to Indo-European *-dhlom) — more at infuse
Note: As noted by Französisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, the incidence of this Occitan word in English (and Anglo-French) is most likely due to commercial contacts between England and the wine merchants of the Bordeaux region.
Verb
verbal derivative of funnel entry 1
Noun
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
1594, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
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“Funnel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/funnel. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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