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
The City of Houston issued a news release that same day stating that a pedestrian first noticed the body in the bayou.
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David Chiu, PEOPLE, 25 Dec. 2025
Kiffin has now started working for LSU, flipping multiple Ole Miss recruits to join his project in the bayou, and rounding out his coaching staff.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
The manor’s theme, which has included both a bayou and an asylum, typically changes annually.
—Laura Kiniry, Popular Science, 22 Oct. 2025
From the outside, the Harris County Jail might be mistaken for a high-end condo, with walls of windows that overlook the bayou in downtown Houston.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
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David Chiu, PEOPLE, 25 Dec. 2025
Kiffin has now started working for LSU, flipping multiple Ole Miss recruits to join his project in the bayou, and rounding out his coaching staff.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
The manor’s theme, which has included both a bayou and an asylum, typically changes annually.
—Laura Kiniry, Popular Science, 22 Oct. 2025
From the outside, the Harris County Jail might be mistaken for a high-end condo, with walls of windows that overlook the bayou in downtown Houston.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bayou
tributary
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This one brought us to Rocamadour, a magnificent medieval town in Occitania, set on a cliffside above a tributary of the Dordogne River.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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The Winneshiek County dairy with about 330 head of dairy cattle has been cited for two previous fish kill incidents, where manure leaked from the operation into a tributary of Dry Run Creek.—
Cami Koons,
Iowa Capital Dispatch,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Bayou.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bayou. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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