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canal

noun

kə-ˈnal

Definition of canal

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 Meanwhile the governor of Russia's Rostov region, Yuri Slyusar, said that a tanker had been damaged in a drone attack in the Azov-Black Sea maritime canal. — CBS News, 12 July 2026 The brightest things in the picture—that bit of blue heaven and the red-and-white house across the canal—are also the most distant. — Susan Tallman, The Atlantic, 11 July 2026 An area of canals and former industrial warehouses hosts an arts center. — Lauren Frayer, NPR, 9 July 2026 With lakes, canals and other waterways throughout South Florida, pool safety is not the only issue. — Ruth Abramovitz, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for canal

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Roughly half the farm receives water from Northern California via a vast system of aqueducts.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
These properties have enabled the likes of the Pantheon, ancient Roman aqueducts, and even parts of the Colosseum to survive two millennia, while some Brutalist buildings from the 1960s that were made from modern concrete are crumbling.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 July 2026

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Like the Strait of Hormuz, Bab al-Mandeb is an exceedingly narrow waterway through which a significant chunk of the global economy transits.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
On Monday, only 13 ships crossed the vital waterway, and on Tuesday that number was only nine, according to an analysis of ship movements by MarineTraffic.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 22 July 2026

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