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
For millennia, qanats—ingenious underground aqueducts—balanced survival with scarcity across the central plateau of Iran.
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Nik Kowsar, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
Pipes are painted like tree trunks, flumes are supported by faux crumbling aqueducts, waterfalls gush through holes in the hulls of boats and sails hang overhead to protect from the searing sun.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 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
Several stretches of the aqueduct are visible nearby.
—Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2025
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Nik Kowsar, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
Pipes are painted like tree trunks, flumes are supported by faux crumbling aqueducts, waterfalls gush through holes in the hulls of boats and sails hang overhead to protect from the searing sun.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 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
Several stretches of the aqueduct are visible nearby.
—Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aqueduct
canal
Noun
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Quatisha’s body was found in a canal days later by fishermen.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
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Pap smears, on the other hand, use a metal or plastic device called a speculum to widen the vaginal canal so a clinician can swab the cervix for cells.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Aqueduct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aqueduct. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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