as in canal
an open man-made passageway for water marveled at the ancient Roman aqueducts that still carry water to distant villages

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Recent Examples of aqueduct The city later extended the aqueduct north to Mono Lake. Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025 The aqueduct, remarkably preserved, offers insights into Roman engineering and its historical significance. Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025 The Trevi Fountain, constructed in 1762 as the mouth of an aqueduct, underwent a $330,000 cleaning in 2024, during which it was drained so workers could repair marble chipped from the millions of coins thrown into the water each year. Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025 From there, water is pumped into a State Water Project aqueduct and moved south, mostly to Southern California. George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for aqueduct
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canal
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  • These canals have porous walls that allow water to seep into the ground and refill area aquifers while also regulating flow to prevent runoff.
    Sofia Perez, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • La Isla is worth a visit, even if only for a bit of window shopping or a break from the beach; the twists and turns of its canals and walkways that sit alongside the Nichupté Lagoon are quite pretty.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2025

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“Aqueduct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aqueduct. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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