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Recent Examples of floodway
Call it resilience, call it infrastructure, call it economic development—just build it before the next 8-year-old goes to sleep in a floodway.
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Daniel Lehewych, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Sep. 2025
In Georgetown, two RV parks along the San Gabriel River that were all but wiped off the map are directly in the floodway, where water moves most forcefully during storms.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 1 Aug. 2025
In 2020, the county passed two ordinances to tighten rules on building in high-risk areas and prevent development in floodways.
—Laura Sullivan, NPR, 9 July 2025
Camp Mystic has two sites, both of which overlap with either the floodway or areas the federal government has determined have a 1% or 0.2% annual chance of flooding.
—Renée Rigdon, CNN Money, 7 July 2025
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Daniel Lehewych, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Sep. 2025
In Georgetown, two RV parks along the San Gabriel River that were all but wiped off the map are directly in the floodway, where water moves most forcefully during storms.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 1 Aug. 2025
In 2020, the county passed two ordinances to tighten rules on building in high-risk areas and prevent development in floodways.
—Laura Sullivan, NPR, 9 July 2025
Camp Mystic has two sites, both of which overlap with either the floodway or areas the federal government has determined have a 1% or 0.2% annual chance of flooding.
—Renée Rigdon, CNN Money, 7 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for floodway
Noun
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Use spillway to regulate Without that outlet, potentially for years, dam operators will use its spillway, higher on the wall of the dam, to regulate the river.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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In 2017, soaking storms led to flooding that caused $100 million in damage in downtown San Jose and the evacuation of nearly 200,000 people when the spillway at Oroville Dam, the nation’s tallest dam, in Butte County, partially collapsed under torrents of water.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
15 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Dump the remaining gravel through a sluice box to remove lighter sand and small rocks, which filter into a gold pan.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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The farm also offers other events including a sweet pea maze (included with admission), $8 wagon tours, gold sluice mining, wine tasting, crafts, yoga, sound baths and more at additional cost.—
Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Floodway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floodway. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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