as in tributary
a stream that flows into a larger body of water
a small creek that is the bayou of a larger stream
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Recent Examples of bayou
From playwright Kristen Adele Calhoun, Black Cypress Bayou is set on a hot summer night in Texas, where Vernita Manifold (Kimberly Scott) summons her two daughters down to the bayou with a secret too big to keep.
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Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2025
The office warned that areas along and west of the Pearl River should prepare for damaging winds while some bayou and lower river parishes should prepare for hurricane-force winds.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2024
The pursuit ended when the driver went off road into a bayou and was arrested, police told the station.
—Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 May 2025
In September, the Mail published photos of their low-key wedding in the Louisiana bayou.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 7 May 2025
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Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2025
The office warned that areas along and west of the Pearl River should prepare for damaging winds while some bayou and lower river parishes should prepare for hurricane-force winds.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2024
The pursuit ended when the driver went off road into a bayou and was arrested, police told the station.
—Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 May 2025
In September, the Mail published photos of their low-key wedding in the Louisiana bayou.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bayou
tributary
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Venues of all sizes along the Guadalupe and its tributaries were flooded, with some, such as Lone Star Floathouse in New Braunfels, sustaining heavy damage.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
9 July 2025
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Experts say threats to water have an outsize impact in Pakistan because so much of its agriculture is supported by the Indus and its tributaries.—
Betsy Joles,
NPR,
8 July 2025
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“Bayou.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bayou. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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