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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
Rachel Treisman, NPR, 25 Apr. 2025
Hawaiian caterpillar patrols spiderwebs camouflaged in insect prey’s body parts
As the marketing coordinator at Discover Magazine, Stephanie Edwards interacts with readers across Discover's social media channels and writes digital content.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025
Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 24 Apr. 2025
Rereading Magical Thinking and Blue Nights in tandem with Notes to John, one is struck by how much Didion channeled from her therapy into these books.
—Heller McAlpin, NPR, 22 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Viewers can watch a livestream of the ceremony on the Vatican News's YouTube channel.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 25 Apr. 2025
Hawaiian caterpillar patrols spiderwebs camouflaged in insect prey’s body parts
As the marketing coordinator at Discover Magazine, Stephanie Edwards interacts with readers across Discover's social media channels and writes digital content.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025
Verb
The data that drives those forecasts informs the calculations for an untold number of property insurance policies in the country, helping to channel billions of dollars in aid to home and business owners in the aftermath of natural disasters.
—Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 24 Apr. 2025
Rereading Magical Thinking and Blue Nights in tandem with Notes to John, one is struck by how much Didion channeled from her therapy into these books.
—Heller McAlpin, NPR, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for channel
Noun
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Six-foot predatory lizards normally found along the Nile River in Africa have set up shop in South Florida — and Palm Beach County canals are a hot spot.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
3 May 2025
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Leisure travelers have lots of choices when trying to decide which portions of the canal might make the most exciting vacation experience.—
Gary Stoller,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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To see one of the world’s most historic motorcycle brands in such dire straits is not a good sight.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
27 Apr. 2025
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Meanwhile, many who lost their homes in the L.A. fires are calling for a formal government investigation of major insurance providers, alleging that delays and denials have kept them in dire financial straits and housing limbo.—
Karla Marie Sanford,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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Account hopes to combat misogynistic online content Creators like Andrew Tate provide a pipeline for men seeking advice about romantic rejection, physical self-esteem and economic insecurity to fall into radicalism and misogyny.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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Marketers who embrace this mindset—supported by innovative tools, clean data and thoughtful content—will build their pipelines more effectively and win long-term trust.—
Paula Chiocchi,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Music is both the subject and mechanism of Sinners, which opens with a voiceover history of how some musicians, dating back to the West African griots, have been seen as conduits between this world and the one beyond.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
22 Apr. 2025
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Her group worked as a conduit between upset residents and the Corps, and as a result, Corps teams partnered with local arborists, reviewed marked trees, and corrected those wrongly identified.—
Francine Kiefer,
Christian Science Monitor,
10 Apr. 2025
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In their search for Nam’s father, Nam and Hoa enlist the help of a famed psychic who specializes in locating soldiers’ remains.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2025
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Instead the psychics, who turned out to be mother and daughter, split us up: Hechinger in the back room, me in the front.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Mills argued the clause blocks the lawsuit because the Federal Tort Claims Act directs federal judges to interpret the merits of this type of case based on state law.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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The executive order will direct the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security to identify jurisdictions where local enforcement has declined to cooperate with the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.—
Joel Rose,
NPR,
28 Apr. 2025
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This regional office, besides managing some of the largest reservoirs and aqueduct systems in the state, also manages funds for ecosystem restoration and local water conservation efforts.—
Tom Philp,
The Mercury News,
20 Mar. 2025
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Last fall, the city temporarily relied on the Croton reservoir for more of its drinking water when half the Catskills supply went offline for repairs to a major aqueduct.—
Hilary Howard,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2025
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Waved to the rhythm of the music to applaud the singer and even to complain about the delay, the sound of the fans (one of the top-selling accessories during Gaga’s visit to Brazil) became a defining feature of her Copacabana show.—
Billboard Brasil,
Billboard,
5 May 2025
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The track, fit for a summer day by the pool, is somewhat of a musical callback to the sounds that fans have come to expect from Maroon 5.—
Chris Malone Méndez,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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“Channel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/channel. Accessed 10 May. 2025.
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