funnel
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From a societal standpoint, the purpose of a stock market is to funnel money from millions of savers into giant projects—such as, in the 19th century, railroads.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 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 airport in North Kivu's provincial capital Goma, which once helped funnel urgently needed aid into the eastern DRC by air, has been shut since the M23 seized the city in January 2025.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
The breakthrough relies on tiny "molecular antennas" that funnel electrical energy into insulating nanoparticles.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
It keeps spinning faster—all that kinetic energy forced down the neck of the funnel until it’s blaring like an alarm—then it falls silent as it drops into the black abyss of the funnel.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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