Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tideway
Noun
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But the two creeks skirting Damascus had already converged in a swollen torrent, swallowing the main road through town.—
Barbara Kingsolver,
Southern Living,
25 Apr. 2025 -
Wolf’s now-legendary 2018 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, which was not attended by Donald Trump but was attended by his then-White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, drew a torrent of angry responses — and not all from the right.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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This option returns the pond to its full former glory including sluice gate repair, dredging the full pond area and recreational enhancements to include 5.7 acres of open water and two fishing platforms.—
Erik S. Hanley,
Journal Sentinel,
9 Dec. 2024
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In 2014, Kyrgyz and Tajik conscripts exchanged fire over a strategic sluice in Ak-Sai.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Aug. 2016
Noun
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Usually, water flows from a spillway inside the wall into a basin below.—
Katherine McLaughlin,
Architectural Digest,
18 Apr. 2025
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The new spillway would have gates lower than the dam’s existing spillway, allowing water to be released while the reservoir is at lower levels, such as before a large storm passes through.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacramento Bee,
15 Mar. 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
Noun
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As the value and worth of the collection have come to attention, the museum realizes its liability — it is located within the Jones Falls floodway.—
Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Mar. 2025
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Blue Sky Surveying & Mapping Corp. failed to show a federal floodway overlapping the new city council chamber.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Restaurants along the River Walk will offer dining packages with premium seating during the river parade.—
Jill Robbins,
Southern Living,
16 Apr. 2025
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These hotels, all opened in the last year, show travelers luxurious Lowcountry living in South Carolina, a Florida Keys resort with a lazy river, and a manor hotel on 90 acres, just an hour’s drive from Manhattan.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Tideway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tideway. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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