as in canals
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 aqueducts
The tunnel would create a second route to transport water from new intakes on the Sacramento River to the south side of the Delta, where pumps send water into the aqueducts of the State Water Project.
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Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
Initiatives include water desalination and underground aqueducts powered by clean energy, plus steam plants supplying electricity.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
Picnic in the shadow of ancient aqueducts.
—Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2026
Students learn how their water travels from the Sierra Nevada through reservoirs, pipes and aqueducts to finally end up in their homes.
—Molly McCrea, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
Architects have found evidence of their use in the pyramids of Egypt and the buildings and aqueducts of the Roman Empire.
—Alcina Johnson Sudagar, The Conversation, 12 Feb. 2026
Ancient Origins reported that the researchers analyzed the carbonate incrustations, or the buildup in the city’s pipes, as well as deposits in the aqueducts and water towers built later on.
—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.
—JSTOR Daily, 26 Oct. 2025
For millennia, qanats—ingenious underground aqueducts—balanced survival with scarcity across the central plateau of Iran.
—Nik Kowsar, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
Initiatives include water desalination and underground aqueducts powered by clean energy, plus steam plants supplying electricity.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
Picnic in the shadow of ancient aqueducts.
—Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2026
Students learn how their water travels from the Sierra Nevada through reservoirs, pipes and aqueducts to finally end up in their homes.
—Molly McCrea, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
Architects have found evidence of their use in the pyramids of Egypt and the buildings and aqueducts of the Roman Empire.
—Alcina Johnson Sudagar, The Conversation, 12 Feb. 2026
Ancient Origins reported that the researchers analyzed the carbonate incrustations, or the buildup in the city’s pipes, as well as deposits in the aqueducts and water towers built later on.
—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.
—JSTOR Daily, 26 Oct. 2025
For millennia, qanats—ingenious underground aqueducts—balanced survival with scarcity across the central plateau of Iran.
—Nik Kowsar, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aqueducts
canals
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The tour kicked off in Milan last month, where the boat navigated the Navigli canals from April 21 to 26, coinciding with Design Week.—
Stephen Garner,
Footwear News,
3 May 2026
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Many downtown streets were once canals, a tradition that continues in the rural fringes.—
Megan Janetsky,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Aqueducts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aqueducts. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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