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canal

noun

kə-ˈnal

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 mussels’ tiny larvae have drifted down canals and aqueducts of the State Water Project and have been detected as far south as Bakersfield, Los Angeles and San Diego counties. —

Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 8 May 2026 No doubt the collectors are staying at the Hotel Cipriani on Giudecca, which make up for the inconvenience of leaving the vicinity of San Marco with the unparalleled luxury and complete insulation from the masses crawling over the canals. —

Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 5 May 2026 About 2 miles north near Centre Bridge, a pump designed to divert water from the Delaware River into the canal was found knocked over and nonfunctional. —

Ross Dimattei, CBS News, 5 May 2026 Getting a work into a building can depend on the width of a canal, the height of a bridge, or whether a boat carrying a crane can physically reach the site. —

Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 4 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for canal

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The tunnel would create a second route to transport water from new intakes on the Sacramento River to the south side of the Delta, where pumps send water into the aqueducts of the State Water Project.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026
Initiatives include water desalination and underground aqueducts powered by clean energy, plus steam plants supplying electricity.

— Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026