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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
Likewise, electrical conduits are hidden on the top of the beams and centered down the skylight to leave the focus on the old structure and new walls.
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Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026
The sinking has damaged part of the Friant-Kern Canal, a major water conduit for farms, reducing its carrying capacity and requiring $326 million in repairs.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Mass media communicators primarily use services like Business Wire as a conduit for distributing information—narrow or broad in scope—to media outlets and other communication targets.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
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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Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026
The sinking has damaged part of the Friant-Kern Canal, a major water conduit for farms, reducing its carrying capacity and requiring $326 million in repairs.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Mass media communicators primarily use services like Business Wire as a conduit for distributing information—narrow or broad in scope—to media outlets and other communication targets.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conduit
Noun
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The plumber had no choice but to bring the pipe into the house at this elevation.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
9 May 2026
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The 6-foot pipe, which transports 10 million gallons of wastewater a day, is nearing the end of its life and needs to be rehabilitated and eventually replaced, OC San officials said.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
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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Initiatives include water desalination and underground aqueducts powered by clean energy, plus steam plants supplying electricity.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
4 May 2026
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The system removes the need for hydraulic tubes, brake fluid reservoirs, and a central master cylinder under the hood.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
7 May 2026
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Desperate to save them, records show, doctors inserted tubes into their airways and hooked them up to IVs.—
Lee Hutchinson,
ArsTechnica,
6 May 2026
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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 Iranian effort to formalize control over the channel raised new concerns about international shipping, with hundreds of commercial vessels bottled up in the Persian Gulf and unable to reach the open sea.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 May 2026
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Reducing screentime That sense of intention is part of the draw for 23-year-old content creator Chonnie Alfonso, who typically features retro gadgets on her YouTube channel.—
Sydney Goh,
CNBC,
9 May 2026
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No damage beyond the funnel, or smokestack, area is evident in the videos provided by CENTCOM.—
Mitchell McCluskey,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
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My empty paper bowl jerked along the belt, stopping under each funnel.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
8 May 2026
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“Conduit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conduit. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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