as in aqueduct
an open man-made passageway for water
the Panama Canal opened a much easier and shorter passageway from the Atlantic to the Pacific
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Recent Examples of canal
Located on the lake’s northwestern shore, the primarily residential township is widely regarded as one of Michigan’s premier boating communities, where canals, marinas and open water shape everyday life, writes Brendel Clark.
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Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 14 Mar. 2026
Long before that, the site marked the end point of the New River, the 17th-century canal that carried fresh drinking water from Hertfordshire into the city.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2026
Women worked as domestics; men served as unskilled laborers, canal diggers and later as mill workers across the river.
—Paula Kane, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2026
Today, quagga mussels are present in the lower Colorado River and the canals of the Central Arizona Project and Salt River Project.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2026
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Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 14 Mar. 2026
Long before that, the site marked the end point of the New River, the 17th-century canal that carried fresh drinking water from Hertfordshire into the city.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2026
Women worked as domestics; men served as unskilled laborers, canal diggers and later as mill workers across the river.
—Paula Kane, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2026
Today, quagga mussels are present in the lower Colorado River and the canals of the Central Arizona Project and Salt River Project.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for canal
Noun
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Picnic in the shadow of ancient aqueducts.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Mar. 2026
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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
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The most effective measure for bringing down oil prices would be to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the vital Persian Gulf waterway that handles some 20% of the world's oil and natural gas supplies, according to experts.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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Iran has escalated attacks on its Gulf neighbors since Israel bombed its massive South Pars offshore natural gas field, while keeping a stranglehold on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway through which a fifth of the world's oil and other critical goods are transported.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Canal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canal. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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