as in aqueduct
an open man-made passageway for water
the Panama Canal opened a much easier and shorter passageway from the Atlantic to the Pacific
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Recent Examples of canal
The prayers, offered in English and Spanish, took place on the other side of a small canal that divides the facility on its eastern side.
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Raphael Romero Ruiz, AZCentral.com, 3 July 2025
But a straight deep canal and a winding river are two different worlds.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2025
On Thursday, guests were guided through the canals via water taxis to bring them to the Madonna dell'Orto cloister in the Cannaregio district.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
Meanwhile, other protesters threatened to fill the canals with inflatables, dinghies and boats to obstruct Bezos’ water taxis.
—Aldo Luigi Mancusi, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2025
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Raphael Romero Ruiz, AZCentral.com, 3 July 2025
But a straight deep canal and a winding river are two different worlds.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2025
On Thursday, guests were guided through the canals via water taxis to bring them to the Madonna dell'Orto cloister in the Cannaregio district.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
Meanwhile, other protesters threatened to fill the canals with inflatables, dinghies and boats to obstruct Bezos’ water taxis.
—Aldo Luigi Mancusi, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for canal
Noun
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Of the aqueduct’s original 456 wells, about 390 are known to have survived—174 of which can be seen in public spaces.—
Christian Thorsberg,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 July 2025
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The Roman aqueducts, for instance, were built to deliver water where and how it was needed rather than to move it as fast as possible.—
Aditi Godbole,
Forbes.com,
17 July 2025
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The maps primarily focus on river channels and coastal flooding, largely excluding the risk of flash flooding, particularly along smaller waterways such as streams, creeks and tributaries.—
Jeremy Porter,
CBS News,
14 July 2025
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The partial reopening amends Brown’s executive order from Friday, which prohibited all recreational, commercial and navigational use of Lake Travis waterways.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American Statesman,
14 July 2025
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“Canal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canal. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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