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
Students learn how their water travels from the Sierra Nevada through reservoirs, pipes and aqueducts to finally end up in their homes.
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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
There are the remains of seven aqueducts in the park, including the Felice (or Felix) Aqueduct, built in the 1580s.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 8 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
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
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
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
There are the remains of seven aqueducts in the park, including the Felice (or Felix) Aqueduct, built in the 1580s.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 8 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
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aqueducts
canals
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Based on the crest fossil’s inner vascular canals and exterior texture, the team theorizes that the cranial accessory was likely housed in keratin and brightly colored.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
19 Feb. 2026
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Analysis of the bone’s vascular canals and surface texture suggests this massive blade was sheathed in a keratinous horn, much like a modern bird’s beak.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Aqueducts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aqueducts. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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