Thesaurus results for AQUEDUCT

aqueduct

noun

ˈa-kwə-ˌdəkt

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 result was a sharp drop in the number of people willing to queue for close-up access to the 18th-century Baroque masterpiece, which marks the terminal point of an ancient aqueduct. —

Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 2 Feb. 2026 The update will set rules for the Sacramento River and the rest of the Delta, where pumps operated by state and federal agencies send water flowing in aqueducts to farmlands and cities. —

Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026 Later, however, the chemical composition of the water improved, as indicated by stable isotopes and trace elements found in the aqueduct. —

Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 18 Jan. 2026 Workers excavated parts of the route with explosives and built locks and aqueducts along 363 miles of canal. —

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canal

Noun

While the canal itself was commissioned in 1802 by Napoleon I to bring fresh water into the city, the vibe is distinctly contemporary with some of Paris's hottest restaurants, cafés and bars scattered alongside it.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Apr. 2026
In flood-prone Gowanus, where wastewater has a tendency to surface on sidewalks and streets during storms, absorbent ground was installed more than a decade ago in the form of Sponge Park, a rain garden that the landscape architect Susannah Drake created along the canal.

— Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026