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as in canal
an open man-made passageway for water
water was drained from the swamp through a specially constructed channel
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as in pipeline
a direct way of passing along information or supplies
you need to make arrangements through the proper channels
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as in conduit
a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas)
had to replace the main water channel
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as in psychic
a person who claims to speak with or for the spirits of the dead
the channel went into a trance and began speaking in what was purported to be the voice of the deceased woman
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as in to direct
to cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway
an athletic youth who channeled all of his energy into sports
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Recent Examples of channel
ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
But the Strait of Malacca would have much wider implications from a cargo trade standpoint, with the Ports of Singapore and Malaysia’s Tanjung Pelepas sitting at the channel’s southern entrance.
—Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 24 Apr. 2026
Staff Author, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
Jaafar effortlessly channels his uncle’s speaking voice, dance moves, mannerisms, and childlike wonder.
—Keith Murphy, VIBE.com, 24 Apr. 2026
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Noun
The initiative includes a warrant to seize and shut down a major online recruitment channel on the Telegram messaging app and freezing hundreds of millions of dollars in illicit assets, Pirro said in a virtual press conference connecting her from Washington to journalists in Asia.
—ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
But the Strait of Malacca would have much wider implications from a cargo trade standpoint, with the Ports of Singapore and Malaysia’s Tanjung Pelepas sitting at the channel’s southern entrance.
—Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
Streep, 76, channeled Miranda Priestly by wearing a statement-making red cape coat from Givenchy by Sarah Burton's Fall 2026 collection, accessorized with black leather opera gloves, black Stuart Weitzman shoes, sparkling David Yurman jewelry and large black oversized glasses.
—Staff Author, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
Jaafar effortlessly channels his uncle’s speaking voice, dance moves, mannerisms, and childlike wonder.
—Keith Murphy, VIBE.com, 24 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for channel
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Metro Fire crews, including a boat response team, searched the canal and found an adult man underwater.—
Camryn Dadey,
Sacbee.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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Anthony Davis, 26, of Plantation, was arrested shortly after the officer saw the car in the canal, BSO said.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Apr. 2026
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The move unfolded a day after Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guards attacked three cargo ships in the strait, capturing two of them, in an assault that raised new concerns about the safety of shipping through the waterway.—
Jon Gambrell,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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The footage emerged a day after Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard attacked three cargo ships in the strait, capturing two of them, in an assault that raised new concerns about the safety of shipping through the waterway.—
Jon Gambrell,
Twin Cities,
23 Apr. 2026
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That, in turn, likely would compromise both Heat depth and the team’s developmental pipeline.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2026
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Driving the system is Geely’s World Action Model (WAM), which reimagines the conventional perception-to-decision pipeline as a continuous closed-loop architecture.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Apr. 2026
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The same claim is made about private investigator Weisberg, who was a key conduit for the 2019 agreement.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
24 Apr. 2026
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Shakti facilitates such serendipitous interactions with the help of their excellent and informed guides who are conduits to the mountain culture.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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The town, about 25 miles southwest of Daytona Beach, Florida, is home to mediums, psychics and healers, many practicing out of their homes.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
20 Oct. 2025
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Think past life regression meditations, tarot and oracle card readings, and even sessions with psychics.—
Susmita Baral,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Adrian Kempe re-directed a shot-pass from Artemi Panarin with Jack Drury in the penalty box for the Kings’ third power-play goal in three games.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
24 Apr. 2026
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This bug directs excess attention toward the needs and empowerment of the lower orders, which in turn undermines the ability of figures like Musk to build the future in their own image.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Apr. 2026
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Julius Caesar did not stamp his name on every aqueduct.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
13 Apr. 2026
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Picnic in the shadow of ancient aqueducts.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Mar. 2026
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Lightning Bolt have less interest in construction or expansion, instead boiling down their already heavy sound into a dense, nutrient-rich slurry.—
Reed Jackson,
SPIN,
24 Apr. 2026
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Together with the rapid motion of the PBH—traveling at hundreds of times the speed of sound through the bulk of our planet—this would create a shock wave not too dissimilar from an earthquake.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Channel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/channel. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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