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has siphoned

  • present perfect of siphon (3rd person singular).

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Streaming video has siphoned away the traditional viewing audience.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 8, 2025

Corruption has siphoned away billions of dollars meant to repair and upgrade it.

From Seattle Times Sep. 11, 2022

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

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

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