Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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The rise of streaming video has siphoned viewers away from traditional TV, diminishing the number of options outside of live sports that can change the fortunes of a network.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2021
Virus-related hesitancy to get back to social lives could drag on the economic harm to a central business district reeling from a pandemic that has siphoned off downtown workers and emptied streets.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 6, 2021
US researchers have complained that the BARDA-funded project has siphoned away potential participants and plasma donors from randomized clinical trials that would produce more rigorous data.
From Nature ● Aug. 18, 2020
Often, the closures came after account holders had spent weeks trying to prove to ESD they weren’t part of the fraud that has siphoned off up to $650 million in jobless benefits.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2020
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York calculated this year that this “deleveraging” has siphoned $480 billion annually from the cash flow of American consumers.
From New York Times ● Sep. 4, 2011
