millraces

plural of millrace

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for millraces
Noun
  • Each resort also features modern fitness centers within the setting of lush mangrove forests and freshwater canals alongside the Caribbean Sea.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Forgetting Derry’s communal traumas is as much a part of the town’s firmament as the scenic canals, the nearby Air Force base where Charlotte’s hubby Leroy (Jovan Adepo) has been newly posted, and the dilapidated house at 29 Neibolt Street.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Fully electric foils keep urban waterways clean and quiet, while hybrid power extends their range to levels suitable for logistics and defense.
    Big Think, Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Beyond the immediate area, grease can travel long distances through waterways, spreading pollution and damaging habitats far from the source.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Completed eight years later, the canal stretched some 363 miles (584 kilometers), with 18 aqueducts and 83 locks to compensate for elevation changes en route.
    Matthew Smith, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2025
  • For millennia, qanats—ingenious underground aqueducts—balanced survival with scarcity across the central plateau of Iran.
    Nik Kowsar, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Middle managers—those crucial conduits between strategy and execution—feel less psychologically safe than both their bosses and their teams.
    Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The analysts concluded that McGovern—who continued to use his secretblackmars handle, Knife—was one of Kinahan’s primary conduits to the world.
    Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Millraces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/millraces. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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