as in canal
an open man-made passageway for water
fell into the racecourse for an abandoned water mill
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This can only be accomplished with a network of wireless video transmitters along each racecourse, relaying live footage back to a production hub.
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Tim Genske, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
Riders are then propelled uphill through an identical side-by-side racecourse of enclosed and open tubes and 180-degree high-bank turns before hitting a final straightaway drop to the finish line pool below.
—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Growing up in Brittany, north-western France, Rutter was a regular visitor with his family to the area’s Vannes racecourse.
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 17 June 2025
The royal couple arrived at Royal Ascot on June 18 in the traditional procession across the racecourse, marking 200 years since the pageantry was introduced by King George IV in 1825.
—Simon Perry, People.com, 17 June 2025
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Tim Genske, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
Riders are then propelled uphill through an identical side-by-side racecourse of enclosed and open tubes and 180-degree high-bank turns before hitting a final straightaway drop to the finish line pool below.
—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Growing up in Brittany, north-western France, Rutter was a regular visitor with his family to the area’s Vannes racecourse.
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 17 June 2025
The royal couple arrived at Royal Ascot on June 18 in the traditional procession across the racecourse, marking 200 years since the pageantry was introduced by King George IV in 1825.
—Simon Perry, People.com, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for racecourse
Noun
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According to the sheriff’s office, a cleaning crew working near the Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation District (ACID) canal came across a human skull in Redding in March 2013.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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The park contains a canal and a pond.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
3 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 largest share of water consumed throughout San Diego County is imported by aqueducts from outside the county.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Racecourse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/racecourse. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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