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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
Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 16 May 2026
How to watch and vote Eurovision is airing on national broadcasters in participating countries, on Peacock in the United States and on the Eurovision YouTube channel in many territories.
—Jill Lawless, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026
John Reid, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026
Dry waste is to be routed through material recovery facilities (MRF), where it is sorted and channeled for recycling or further processing.
—Aman Kumar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 May 2026
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Noun
Filkins has a fictional surrogate to serve as a channel between the Khachaturians and Lou.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 16 May 2026
How to watch and vote Eurovision is airing on national broadcasters in participating countries, on Peacock in the United States and on the Eurovision YouTube channel in many territories.
—Jill Lawless, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026
Verb
This kind of collaboration should be channeled to expand publicly accessible natural lands.
—John Reid, The Atlantic, 14 May 2026
Dry waste is to be routed through material recovery facilities (MRF), where it is sorted and channeled for recycling or further processing.
—Aman Kumar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for channel
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Authorities issued an Amber Alert, and Alejandro’s body was found the following day in a canal near the Miccosukee Golf & Country Club, at Southwest 138th Court and 62nd Street.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
12 May 2026
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Revenue at the canal has grown between 10 percent and 15 percent since the start of the conflict in late February, Panama Canal Authority (ACP) chief financial officer Victor Vialtold the Financial Times.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
12 May 2026
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The strait’s closure has stranded tankers and caused energy prices to spike, threatening global economic growth.—
Will Weissert,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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The strait’s closure because of the war has kept oil tankers pent up in the Persian Gulf instead of delivering crude to customers worldwide, which has driven up prices.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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The new pipeline, expected to double the company’s export capacity through that port, will become operational next year, the media office said.—
Sheikh Saaliq,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2026
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The new pipeline, expected to double the company's export capacity through that port, will become operational next year, the media office said.—
SHEIKH SAALIQ,
Arkansas Online,
16 May 2026
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The theme is a conduit for a larger meditation, one that runs throughout the film, on the narcissism of male anger.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
16 May 2026
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Despite all the debt, and the fact that companies are keeping large swaths of it off their balance sheets using methods of conduit financing, actual AI revenues are in fact materializing.—
Tobias Burns,
CNBC,
15 May 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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The candidates themselves seemed low-energy, even with their jabs — which were largely directed at Becerra, as Mark said.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2026
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Another incident identified by police allegedly occurred on March 27, when Berrios-Otero allegedly motioned for a 4-year-old child to sit on his lap and directed him to get a blanket, according to the warrant affidavits.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
14 May 2026
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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
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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
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Others are alive with the sound of hammers and saws, as workers frame new construction.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC news,
15 May 2026
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The affecting, uncanny sound design baked into Skeletrix’s work does well to uphold the perception that there is, in fact, a complex message to be dissected.—
Olivier Lafontant,
Pitchfork,
15 May 2026
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“Channel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/channel. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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