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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
The Treasury turned to Spain’s Banco Santander SA as its conduit for Thursday’s peso purchases.
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
Only the means, the conduits of misinformation, and the overall enshittification have changed.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2025
Gilmour’s set—simultaneously a gesture to Fascist architecture, a conduit to nowhere, and a scatological joke—shores up the production in several ways.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2025
This website could also be a conduit to groups like Hillel and Jewish educators like Dennis Prager.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
Only the means, the conduits of misinformation, and the overall enshittification have changed.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2025
Gilmour’s set—simultaneously a gesture to Fascist architecture, a conduit to nowhere, and a scatological joke—shores up the production in several ways.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2025
This website could also be a conduit to groups like Hillel and Jewish educators like Dennis Prager.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conduit
Noun
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Ignoring more complex science leaves us with hundreds of years of neurologic damage to our children by leaving lead pipe in the ground.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
19 Oct. 2025
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Once the pump switches on, the water should drain quickly through the discharge pipe.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
17 Oct. 2025
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For millennia, qanats—ingenious underground aqueducts—balanced survival with scarcity across the central plateau of Iran.—
Nik Kowsar,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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Pipes are painted like tree trunks, flumes are supported by faux crumbling aqueducts, waterfalls gush through holes in the hulls of boats and sails hang overhead to protect from the searing sun.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The Nicklaus team taught the parents how to care for Katy at home, including crushing her pills and gingerly placing them in her feeding tube.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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Mud tunnels, or shelter tubes, about the width of a straw, on the foundation, floor joists, and other parts of the house are signs of a colony.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
19 Oct. 2025
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Founded in 1962, the museum highlights 200 years of canal history through interactive exhibits, original artifacts, and engaging programs that explore how this engineering marvel shaped New York’s communities and culture, past and present.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Oct. 2025
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An 84-year-old man was found dead in an irrigation canal in Williams after an hourslong search Saturday, but foul play is not suspected at this time, according to the Colusa County Sheriff’s Office.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
19 Oct. 2025
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Under Massimiliano Allegri, Pulisic now operates closer to goal in a narrower, inside-channel role — drifting between the lines as a second striker or advanced No 10.—
Sukhman Singh,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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In that same poem, Serros ends with her tía asking her to change the channel to As The World Turns.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
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Minnesota is a pure run funnel defense.—
J.J. Bailey,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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This $90-off funnel neck would be simple to style with black slacks and a pair of heels for the former, while jeans and sneakers would tone it down for lunch dates and trips to the store.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Conduit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conduit. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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