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 on the Web The festival, held at a remote raceway in Alton, Virginia, had just been called off early by promoters citing bad weather, and Shinedown had been slated to headline that night. Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2024 Draw a raceway Wild turns, pit stops, stop signs—the sky's the limit! Michelle Crouch, Parents, 14 Nov. 2023 The draft included some consistency measures, style requirements such as raceway mounted channel letters and standardizing awnings, and rules for window vinyl placement. Rebecca Dobrinski, al, 12 Sep. 2023 Since the pandemic, bike lanes effectively go through the middle of restaurants, which have sidewalk seating on one side of the raceway and covered shed seating on the other side. Justin Davidson, Curbed, 7 Sep. 2023 See all Example Sentences for raceway 

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“Raceway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raceway. Accessed 10 Sep. 2024.

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