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Siphoning is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Siphoning in a sentence

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Siphoning meaning

present participle and gerund of siphon

Using Siphoning

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of siphon
  • In the example corpus, siphoning often appears in combinations such as: siphoning off, siphoning of, siphoning money.

Context around Siphoning

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Siphoning

  • In this selection, "siphoning" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, anti, water, asset, off, money and legislation stand out and add context to how "siphoning" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include accused of siphoning off around and accused of siphoning off government. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "siphoning" sits close to words such as absentees, accruing and aerosmith, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with siphoning

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

And then a neighbour illegally connected a pipe to his water, siphoning off his supply. (15 words)

This move involves siphoning life from anything around it, whether it be monsters or players. (15 words)

The government is reviewing the anti-siphoning list, which protects certain sporting events from disappearing behind a paywall. (18 words)

Jose “El Marro” Yepez is the leader of the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel, which has been a thorn in the side of President Andres Lopez Obrador’s government due to his gang’s industrial-scale siphoning of petroleum from state-run oil company Pemex. (45 words)

Prominence is one of four pieces of media reform legislation on the Albanese government’s agenda, including curbs to gambling advertising, updates to anti-siphoning legislation and the implementation of content quotas for international streaming players. (36 words)

You don’t want malware secretly siphoning off your information while you’re banking or browsing your medical history, after all, while ransomware can lock you out of your computer completely until you pay a bounty. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

Inamdar alleged that government officials had framed the BJP candidate in the case of siphoning off food meant for children in government facilities.

Prominence is one of four pieces of media reform legislation on the Albanese government’s agenda, including curbs to gambling advertising, updates to anti-siphoning legislation and the implementation of content quotas for international streaming players.

The government is reviewing the anti-siphoning list, which protects certain sporting events from disappearing behind a paywall.

And then a neighbour illegally connected a pipe to his water, siphoning off his supply.

Attackers were noted by WazirX to have compromised the platform's security defenses before proceeding with the asset siphoning activities.

Bally filed for bankruptcy largely because cable companies wouldn’t meet their asking prices, while dealing with the fallout from streaming services siphoning off revenue.

Kwankwaso further raised concerns about tax collection and economic centralisation, accusing Lagos of siphoning resources from Kano and other northern states.

The ED's investigation into Mahadev Online Book revealed large-scale hawala operations aimed at siphoning off the proceeds of betting to offshore accounts.

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They stand accused of siphoning off government funds to individual REA staff bank accounts under the guise of compensating those affected by power lines whereas not.

This move involves siphoning life from anything around it, whether it be monsters or players.

You don’t want malware secretly siphoning off your information while you’re banking or browsing your medical history, after all, while ransomware can lock you out of your computer completely until you pay a bounty.

If not for Smith's presence on the ballot siphoning his share, the combined number to expressed alternatives to Bush - who won would have seen the incumbent handily defeated.

In 2017 Lancer were sacked and have been accused of ‘siphoning off’ around £32 million while managing the Sheikh’s London estate.

In North Carolina, school choice critics have argued private school tuition programs, like the Opportunity Scholarships, are siphoning money from traditional public schools.

Jose “El Marro” Yepez is the leader of the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel, which has been a thorn in the side of President Andres Lopez Obrador’s government due to his gang’s industrial-scale siphoning of petroleum from state-run oil company Pemex.

Misuse of funds and bath plugs is wrong, but better that than siphoning off millions to benefit private interests or to fund political campaigns.

Rather than thinly-veiled Nazis dressed in smooth, shiny armor, the chief villains in the universe are a death cult dressed like violent skeletons and siphoning energy from another dimension.

Siphoning off movies to the Netflixes, Amazon Primes and Hulus of the world would appear to be the obvious temporary solution, but insiders say it’s more complicated than flipping a switch.

The Enforcement Directorate has told the City Sessions Court in Mumbai that Peter Kerkar, promoter of travel company Cox & Kings, was the mastermind behind siphoning of funds from the company.

To this day, Young tells she had evidence Provencio was siphoning money out of the company and had asked to see his financials, which he declined, leading to his ouster.

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Common combinations with siphoning

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "siphoning" in a sentence?
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What does "siphoning" mean?
Siphoning means: present participle and gerund of siphon
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