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
From the tulip fields to the canals of Amsterdam, the Netherlands is home to a wide variety of beautiful attractions.
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Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Unlike our final days living here, the street was alive with children returning from school, a band of boys already flying their kites, and some in the corner of the street, near the canal, were playing soccer.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
The hearse carrying Osbourne made its way down Broad Street to the Black Sabbath bench, which was unveiled on the Broad Street canal bridge in 2019.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Panfilio additionally oversees a different, light lunch menu that is served outdoors, in the canal-side garden that is one of the many assets of the hotel.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
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Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Unlike our final days living here, the street was alive with children returning from school, a band of boys already flying their kites, and some in the corner of the street, near the canal, were playing soccer.
—Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
The hearse carrying Osbourne made its way down Broad Street to the Black Sabbath bench, which was unveiled on the Broad Street canal bridge in 2019.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Panfilio additionally oversees a different, light lunch menu that is served outdoors, in the canal-side garden that is one of the many assets of the hotel.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for canal
Noun
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The largest share of water consumed throughout San Diego County is imported by aqueducts from outside the county.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Aug. 2025
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Spain pulses with fiery rhythm—where flamenco flares in moonlit plazas and ancient Roman aqueducts stride across golden fields.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Beyond the waterway’s importance to the surf, Chouinard and his pals knew that as recently as the 1940s, the Ventura had been a major spawning ground for thousands of steelhead trout and Chinook salmon.—
David Gelles,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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The waterways that have earned the city the nickname Venice of America.—
Michael Butler,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Canal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canal. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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