tideway

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Noun
  • The torrent of woe-is-me stories out of Harvard never ends.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 3 Aug. 2025
  • Authorities discharged floodwater from a reservoir in Miyun on Monday after its maximum flood peak flow reached a record high of 6,550 cubic meters per second, to make space for incoming torrents, Xinhua reported.
    Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 28 July 2025
Noun
  • During an extreme-rainfall event, the force of the water cascading down these straightened sluices meets with no resistance from meanders, and a river often has no way of reaching its floodplains—frequently now developed—which could absorb and store some runoff.
    John Seabrook, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
  • The focus is on the Bangs Lake outfall control structure, which is currently maintained by manually making adjustments to the sluice gate.
    Gregory Harutunian, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Many jurisdictions outright prohibit new construction in floodways, but most of those rules apply only to immovable structures.
    Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 1 Aug. 2025
  • In 2020, the county passed two ordinances to tighten rules on building in high-risk areas and prevent development in floodways.
    Laura Sullivan, NPR, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • Fleck and other experts have argued that worst-case scenarios should be the basis for planning efforts on the river.
    Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • In water, adults enjoy Aurora’s partnership with SCUBA SHACK, Anguilla’s only PADI 5-Star Dive Resort, while kids find their heaven at the massive waterpark, complete with slides and a lazy river.
    Baz Dreisinger, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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“Tideway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tideway. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.

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