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as in canal
an open man-made passageway for water
water was drained from the swamp through a specially constructed channel
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as in pipeline
a direct way of passing along information or supplies
you need to make arrangements through the proper channels
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as in conduit
a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas)
had to replace the main water channel
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as in psychic
a person who claims to speak with or for the spirits of the dead
the channel went into a trance and began speaking in what was purported to be the voice of the deceased woman
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as in to direct
to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway
an athletic youth who channeled all of his energy into sports
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Recent Examples of channel
Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 31 May 2025
From $1,050 per hour. Also located near Mulholland Drive, in Sherman Oaks, this 1,600 square-foot home channels the ‘60s with a vintage cone fireplace in a period-specific shade of avocado green.
—Kristine Hansen, Architectural Digest, 30 May 2025
Lauren Alexis Fisher, Footwear News, 28 May 2025
According to the hotel's team, its design is a nod to Antoni Gaudí’s iconic architecture, channeled in the undulating curves of its banquets and splashy decor.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2025
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Noun
Cuccia was briefly the chief Pentagon correspondent for the small and staunchly pro-Trump TV channel One America News, OAN for short.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 31 May 2025
From $1,050 per hour. Also located near Mulholland Drive, in Sherman Oaks, this 1,600 square-foot home channels the ‘60s with a vintage cone fireplace in a period-specific shade of avocado green.
—Kristine Hansen, Architectural Digest, 30 May 2025
Verb
Think oversized ‘80s shades that channel Madonna’s iconic edge or round John Lennon-esque frames for a touch of ‘60s cool.
—Lauren Alexis Fisher, Footwear News, 28 May 2025
According to the hotel's team, its design is a nod to Antoni Gaudí’s iconic architecture, channeled in the undulating curves of its banquets and splashy decor.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for channel
Noun
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Floating solar panels on reservoirs or installing them over canals saves land and makes the panels operate more efficiently.—
Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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The warehouses that line the canals are being converted into luxury flats and artist studios.—
Sarah Beckwith,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
Noun
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The Chinese military is massing troops in Fujian Province and an armada offshore, just across the strait from Taiwan.—
MICHAEL BROWN,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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The stakes of these discussions—which have involved charges of Eurocentrism, head-in-the-sand elitism, even white supremacy—have at times felt existential, given many institutions’ financial straits.—
Matthew Aucoin,
The Atlantic,
15 Apr. 2025
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The fire marshal regulates oil and gas pipelines across the state and must approve the pipelines’ full restart, which is key to the company’s commercial success.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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President Donald Trump is moving to block nearly all foreign students from entering the country to attend Harvard University, his latest attempt to choke the Ivy League school from an international pipeline that accounts for a quarter of the student body.—
Collin Binkley,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2025
Noun
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LLMs and machine learning are merely the conduit through which benefits to the customer are delivered.—
Justin Warren,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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His strained, sandpaper-coarse timbre served as an ideal conduit for songs concerned with boisterous revelries, shady agreements, licentious intentions and musical pleasures.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
25 May 2025
Noun
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Future speakers will include psychics, energy healers and people who deal with spells and other otherworldly topics, Antico said.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 May 2025
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The psychics, too, betray their own apprehension as things come to them.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Sep. 2024
Verb
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Izu Ojukwu directed ’76 and returned to helm ’77: The Festac Conspiracy, reuniting with Tonye Princewill and Adonijah Owiriwa who exec produce.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
3 June 2025
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But after the Supreme Court set the historical tradition test in its 2022 decision known as Bruen, the justices directed the appeals court to reconsider its ruling.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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This gem detailing the ancient underground aqueducts of Rome gives both a visual and historical account of man’s insatiable appetite to overcome nature and create astonishing engineering marvels to uplift the human condition.—
Smithsonian magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 May 2025
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The tunnel would create a second route to transport water to the state’s pumping facilities on the south side of the Delta, where supplies enter the aqueducts of the State Water Project and are delivered to 27 million people and 750,000 acres of farmland.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2025
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The lightweight design is made for comfort and should please budding audiophiles looking for the finessed sound that only open-back headphones can deliver.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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So much of his sound — and what people enjoy about Chris’ music is [his guitar].—
Deborah Evans Price,
Billboard,
29 May 2025
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“Channel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/channel. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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