Example Sentences

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Streaming video has siphoned away the traditional viewing audience.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2025

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

This has siphoned away hard-core fans from sportscasts at 5, 6 and 11 p.m., leaving stations with viewers who have only a marginal interest in sports.

From Washington Post • Aug. 1, 2011