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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

The judge described the diversion of public funds as a gross abuse of public trust and said proxy companies and associates were used to siphon money from the projects.

From BBC May 20, 2026

The more you siphon out today, the more you reduce your IRA and future corresponding RMDs.

From Barron's May 9, 2026

Yet higher gas prices could siphon money away from other retailers in the next few months if they persist.

From MarketWatch Apr. 21, 2026

While I dressed I heard Brett put down glasses and then a siphon, and then heard them talking.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

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

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

Instead, it siphons the Colorado’s flow into the All-American Canal, delivering five times as much water to Imperial as Los Angeles uses in a year — and 10 times as much as Nevada.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 17, 2023

The health authority acknowledged there could be potential equity concerns if One Medical siphons off commercially insured patients with higher payment rates from clinics that serve patients covered by Medicaid and Medicare.

From Seattle Times Dec. 28, 2022

The siphons at the ends of their necks glistened.

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

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

Instead, he siphoned the money into a personal slush fund, leased a Manhattan apartment, renovated a lakefront property and spent $3,000 on a birthday dinner at a Michelin-starred restaurant, according to the indictment.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 15, 2026

Up to today, many have siphoned their nascent scene fame into careers in music, choreography and media.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 10, 2025

The wand siphoned off most of the grease.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

Growers, ranchers and companies warn of too much farmland being used for AI data centers, siphoning water.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

The videos "crowd-out" posts from actual entrepreneurs with Down syndrome, potentially siphoning away business, Rowe said.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 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

Instead of siphoning off food for themselves or to bribe the warders, the new cooks used all the food allotted us.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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