as in aqueduct
an open man-made passageway for water
the child who fell through the ice was helplessly swept along the raceway, still trapped under the ice, by the current
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Recent Examples of raceway
The couple planned to reopen a long-dormant RC raceway near their home in Beaumont in Riverside County.
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William Liang, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2025
The Nimbus Fish Hatchery in Gold River has closed its visitor center, parking lot and several fish ponds, also known as raceways, due to maintenance and contract issues.
—Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2025
For instance, in electrical engineering design, automating design and material allocation makes designing, fabricating and installing raceways and electrical systems far more efficient.
—Francesco Iorio, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
This longtime Speedway eatery, located a mile and a half from the town's eponymous raceway, will serve a special Easter menu from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with the latest reservations seating at 3 p.m.
—Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 14 Apr. 2025
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William Liang, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2025
The Nimbus Fish Hatchery in Gold River has closed its visitor center, parking lot and several fish ponds, also known as raceways, due to maintenance and contract issues.
—Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2025
For instance, in electrical engineering design, automating design and material allocation makes designing, fabricating and installing raceways and electrical systems far more efficient.
—Francesco Iorio, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025
This longtime Speedway eatery, located a mile and a half from the town's eponymous raceway, will serve a special Easter menu from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with the latest reservations seating at 3 p.m.
—Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for raceway
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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
Noun
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In Arizona, almost half of the water flowing through the Central Arizona Project canal goes to Native American Tribes, meaning that Phoenix and its suburbs are going to face the lion’s share of the state’s cuts.—
The Denver Post Editorial Board,
Denver Post,
13 Oct. 2025
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In Flagler County, numerous docks flooded and waves were topping over some seawalls along a series of canals off the Intracoastal in Palm Coast, and a few inches of tidal flooding was reported in the oceanfront community of Flagler Beach, emergency officials told the weather service.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
11 Oct. 2025
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To see racecourse maps and find more information on the race, check out the FitOne website.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
18 Sep. 2025
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In terms of extracurricular activities, the real hit with the car buffs is a private insider tour of the Bahrain International Circuit’s F1 complex, a masterpiece racecourse with Arabian architectural statements and a future-tech media center.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
3 Aug. 2025
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“Raceway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raceway. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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