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 largest share of water consumed throughout San Diego County is imported by aqueducts from outside the county.
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Three days earlier, the 15-year-old boy and dad Raul Ramirez were traveling on Interstate 5 when their SUV went off the road and into the aqueduct, according to the outlets.
—Sam Gillette, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Take a quick detour to see the Pulgas Water Temple, a Beaux Arts memorial and reflecting pool marking the western end of the Hetch Hetchy aqueduct, which brings drinking water from the Hetch Hetchy reservoir in Yosemite to the Peninsula.
—Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2025
Builders in ancient Rome used a special kind of ancient concrete to construct their aqueducts, bridges, and buildings.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 30 July 2025
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Three days earlier, the 15-year-old boy and dad Raul Ramirez were traveling on Interstate 5 when their SUV went off the road and into the aqueduct, according to the outlets.
—Sam Gillette, People.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Take a quick detour to see the Pulgas Water Temple, a Beaux Arts memorial and reflecting pool marking the western end of the Hetch Hetchy aqueduct, which brings drinking water from the Hetch Hetchy reservoir in Yosemite to the Peninsula.
—Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2025
Builders in ancient Rome used a special kind of ancient concrete to construct their aqueducts, bridges, and buildings.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aqueduct
canal
Noun
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This is a type of vertigo that happens when canaliths, which are small pieces of calcium, are floating inside your inner ear canals.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
2 Nov. 2025
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Data centers deteriorate rapidly, unlike the more durable infrastructure of canals, railroads, or even fiber-optic cables.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Aqueduct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aqueduct. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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