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as in pipe
a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas)
the major conduit for carrying water to the military base
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as in aqueduct
an open man-made passageway for water
water flowed along the conduit to the fountain
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Recent Examples of conduit
But the threat of attack since the weekend’s attacks has cratered traffic in the conduit, which connects the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman.
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Mar. 2026
Conway particularly is interested in hearing from BGE, given the city is in a $120 million multi-year agreement to improve the conduit system.
—Dennis Valera, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
The conduit from geopolitics to financial markets is the oil price, which typically needs a massive jump to swing the macroeconomic path.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2026
Monfre emphasized the organization is just conduit between Loons fans and Calisota Boys Customs and the Immigrant Defense Network.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 27 Feb. 2026
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Mar. 2026
Conway particularly is interested in hearing from BGE, given the city is in a $120 million multi-year agreement to improve the conduit system.
—Dennis Valera, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
The conduit from geopolitics to financial markets is the oil price, which typically needs a massive jump to swing the macroeconomic path.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2026
Monfre emphasized the organization is just conduit between Loons fans and Calisota Boys Customs and the Immigrant Defense Network.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 27 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conduit
Noun
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Maintaining these pipes requires dismantling the equipment, which is time-consuming and costly.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Mar. 2026
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Before calling 911, Buck wiped up Dean’s vomit and blood and threw syringes and pipes out of a window, according to federal prosecutors.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Picnic in the shadow of ancient aqueducts.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Mar. 2026
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Students learn how their water travels from the Sierra Nevada through reservoirs, pipes and aqueducts to finally end up in their homes.—
Molly McCrea,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Nearly three million tubes of LIVFRESH have been sold to date with more than 13,000 positive reviews.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
12 Mar. 2026
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That means returning to the motel and removing the feeding tube from her daughter's stomach.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Mar. 2026
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In one of its most contentious battles, DERM issued pollution violations that forced Florida Power & Light to clean up cooling canals at Turkey Point.—
Jenny Staletovich,
Miami Herald,
10 Mar. 2026
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Including recent reports that a woman’s body was found in a canal in Phoenix, Arizona.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
10 Mar. 2026
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Digging the channel up to 10 feet deeper and 300 feet wider in some places would add $550 million a year to the local economy, according to port officials.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Mar. 2026
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Leger-Walker challenged the UCLA dance team to teach a halftime routine within 24 hours for a video on her YouTube channel, where she was joined by Jaquez.—
Marisa Ingemi,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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In an eerie scene captured on video Thursday, a first responder drove straight at a storm near Fairview, where flashes of lightning illuminated a giant funnel that appeared to reach the ground.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Mar. 2026
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In an eerie scene captured on video Thursday, a first responder drove straight at a storm near the western Oklahoma town of Fairview, where flashes of lightning illuminated a giant funnel that appeared to reach the ground.—
Isabel Yip,
NBC news,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Conduit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conduit. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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