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
As Bezos and the former TV personality partied on his mega-yacht before arriving in Venice for this week’s wedding, protesters have vowed to blockade the city’s canals and ports and to picket the wedding venue, whose location has not yet been made public.
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Martha Ross, Mercury News, 24 June 2025
While doctors delivered the baby's body and legs during the procedure, his head remained in the vaginal canal.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2025
During delivery, the newborn’s head became stuck in the vaginal canal in a complicated medical event known as shoulder dystocia, according to Taylor and Ross’ lawsuit against St. Julian and Southern Regional Medical Center.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 20 June 2025
Then into motorboats for hair-raising dashes through tortuous canals and across rough water to dams far back in some vast marsh.
—Nash Buckingham, Outdoor Life, 19 June 2025
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Martha Ross, Mercury News, 24 June 2025
While doctors delivered the baby's body and legs during the procedure, his head remained in the vaginal canal.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2025
During delivery, the newborn’s head became stuck in the vaginal canal in a complicated medical event known as shoulder dystocia, according to Taylor and Ross’ lawsuit against St. Julian and Southern Regional Medical Center.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 20 June 2025
Then into motorboats for hair-raising dashes through tortuous canals and across rough water to dams far back in some vast marsh.
—Nash Buckingham, Outdoor Life, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for canal
Noun
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The ancient Romans built a vast network of aqueducts and canals to harness this semiaquatic environment, now entombed beneath modern Rome.—
Krista Langlois,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 July 2025
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The biggest find on Tracks II is Inyo, a portrait of the California badlands, set in border towns, desert roads, and aqueducts, with the heavy influence of mariachi bands.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
20 June 2025
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The maps primarily focus on river channels and coastal flooding, largely excluding the risk of flash flooding, particularly along smaller waterways such as streams, creeks and tributaries.—
Jeremy Porter,
CBS News,
14 July 2025
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The partial reopening amends Brown’s executive order from Friday, which prohibited all recreational, commercial and navigational use of Lake Travis waterways.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American Statesman,
14 July 2025
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“Canal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canal. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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