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Overtopping because of inadequate spillway design, debris blockage of spillways or settlement of the dam crest accounts for about 34% of all dam failures in the United States, according to the Association of State Dam Safety Officials.
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Doyle Rice, USA Today, 23 July 2025
Water stopped flowing over the spillway by mid-afternoon Saturday.
Because of flood debris, the LCRA on Saturday was urging the public to avoid boating or swimming in the Highland Lakes.
—Powered By, Austin American Statesman, 7 July 2025
Its successor has since entered use, most recently allowing herring to bypass a spillway for the first time in 80 years.
—New Atlas, 12 May 2025
The spillway is opened when the river is flowing into the Gulf at a rate of 1.25 million cubic feet per second.
—Amy Graff, New York Times, 3 May 2025
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Doyle Rice, USA Today, 23 July 2025
Water stopped flowing over the spillway by mid-afternoon Saturday.
Because of flood debris, the LCRA on Saturday was urging the public to avoid boating or swimming in the Highland Lakes.
—Powered By, Austin American Statesman, 7 July 2025
Its successor has since entered use, most recently allowing herring to bypass a spillway for the first time in 80 years.
—New Atlas, 12 May 2025
The spillway is opened when the river is flowing into the Gulf at a rate of 1.25 million cubic feet per second.
—Amy Graff, New York Times, 3 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spillway
Noun
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Charlie got into the shower, letting the hot water sluice off the rest of the blood on her back and whatever had dried in her hair.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Sep. 2025
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Mauna Lani staff still manage the ponds in the traditional way: Ocean tides bring fish in through a series of wooden sluice gates.—
Samantha Dunn,
Oc Register,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The closest the data center would be to Weston Gardens is 370 feet, said Riley, due to a wooded floodway and floodplain between the Black Mountain property and Weston’s.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Sep. 2025
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Call it resilience, call it infrastructure, call it economic development—just build it before the next 8-year-old goes to sleep in a floodway.—
Daniel Lehewych,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Wilson’s New Freedom would open the sluiceways of competition by slashing tariffs, strengthening anti-trust laws and increasing access to credit.—
Richard Norton Smith,
WSJ,
19 Apr. 2018
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The town has opened the floodgate to the dam draining the pond behind it and allowing Roaring Brook to flow freely downstream through a sluiceway.—
Peter Marteka,
Courant Community,
12 Apr. 2018
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“Spillway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spillway. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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