millraces

plural of millrace

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for millraces
Noun
  • Resident parrots, monkeys, and sea turtles delight guests, while the beach, multiple swimming pools, and a series of freshwater canals, traversable by boat, provide non-stop activity options.
    Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Iconic sites like Venice’s canals, Florence’s art galleries, Rome’s historic landmarks, and the Amalfi Coast's picturesque towns—like Positano, Amalfi, and Ravello—become easily accessible.
    Andrea Grisdale, Travel + Leisure, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • These include autonomous inspections in areas too dangerous for humans, like under spans or over waterways.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The report card also showed 55,000 gallons of sewage this past year, with close to 15,000 gallons of that flowing into Marin County waterways.
    Adrian Rodriguez, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • For millennia, qanats—ingenious underground aqueducts—balanced survival with scarcity across the central plateau of Iran.
    Nik Kowsar, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Only the means, the conduits of misinformation, and the overall enshittification have changed.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The San Pablo Bay Pipeline is the larger of two conduits carrying crude to Northern California.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Millraces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/millraces. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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