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siphon

[sahy-fuhn] / ˈsaɪ fən /
NOUN
pipe
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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

And even in if Amazon creates a chip business capable of helping its own stock, it may not have to siphon business from Nvidia to do so.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

Banks have increasingly braced for the threat that stablecoins become widely adopted, especially if crypto firms are able to siphon deposits from banks.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 2026

“We believe this case was nothing more than a lawyer-driven attempt to siphon off charitable funds for their own gain,” the spokesperson said.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2026

They came to a second siphon and knelt again.

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

It is part of a growing chorus of online media companies expressing frustration with the tech giant as AI changes the way people ask questions, siphons off search traffic and upends publishers’ revenue models.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

In the Owens Valley, Los Angeles siphons water from Sierra streams and also pumps groundwater from wells.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 31, 2025

But it is different from the previously favoured scenario, in which a white dwarf siphons material from a companion.

From Scientific American Feb. 1, 2023

Lumley siphons eyelash-size larvae hatched four months ago out of rearing containers and into a small Plexiglass box called a photarium, where they can be evaluated and measured.

From Seattle Times Sep. 23, 2022

The siphons at the ends of their necks glistened.

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

The candidate is linked to — but not accused of any wrongdoing in — a corruption case involving two former advisors and a lobbyist who siphoned $225,000 money from one of Becerra’s campaign accounts.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

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

“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

Ms. Rodríguez, according to sources, siphoned profits through networks of international and domestic businessmen while building PR machinery to sanitize her image.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 6, 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

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

The video YouTuber Nick Shirley posted just after Christmas alleged widespread fraud at day cares in Minnesota that were siphoning government funds but not providing care for any children at all.

From Salon Jan. 29, 2026

Thyon Nero wasn’t the only one exhausting himself—though he was the only one siphoning off his own vital essence to do it.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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