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
The federal government halted the barge canal project in 1971, with the dam and reservoir remaining.
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Jim Saunders, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2025
While China does not control the canal, Washington had wider concerns about the country’s influence on the waterway.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 10 June 2025
By August, the FDA had found a potential clue: The two Florida cucumber growers linked to the outbreak had used untreated canal water that tested positive for one of the same salmonella strains that had gotten people sick.
—Suzy Khimm, NBC news, 7 June 2025
From January through May, the stretch generated double-digit growth for container shipping sailings from the year prior, both northbound and southbound through the canal.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 5 June 2025
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Jim Saunders, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2025
While China does not control the canal, Washington had wider concerns about the country’s influence on the waterway.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 10 June 2025
By August, the FDA had found a potential clue: The two Florida cucumber growers linked to the outbreak had used untreated canal water that tested positive for one of the same salmonella strains that had gotten people sick.
—Suzy Khimm, NBC news, 7 June 2025
From January through May, the stretch generated double-digit growth for container shipping sailings from the year prior, both northbound and southbound through the canal.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for canal
Noun
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From there, water is pumped into a State Water Project aqueduct and moved south, mostly to Southern California.—
George Skelton,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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There was just enough water to float us through the dank tunnel under the ancient stone aqueduct that carries the canal over the mouth of the run, and out in the river there wasn’t much more.—
Arthur Grahame,
Outdoor Life,
4 June 2025
Noun
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In September 2021, the frigate HMS Richmond—deployed to the western Pacific with an aircraft carrier group—transited the waterway en route to Vietnam after operating in the East China Sea.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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Situated between Iran and Oman, the Strait of Hormuz is a narrow waterway that connects the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
19 June 2025
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“Canal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canal. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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