tideway

Definition of tidewaynext

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Noun
  • My one-bedroom suite had a bathtub in the bedroom with water that flowed from the ceiling in a torrent—an unusual and noisy way to fill a bath tub, but certainly memorable.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • There’s plenty of chatter behind the scenes about more stories to come after the torrent of revelations since Platner announced his campaign.
    Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • The archways are furnished with sluice gates that can open to allow excess water to pass through in periods of flooding.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
  • Some residents said the country club contribues to flooding by opening its sluice gate when rain is forecast.
    Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Jurado said that pollution and turbidity in the spillway discharge is a concern, too.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 23 May 2026
  • Wallmakers needed to connect the two land parcels while keeping the foundation 100 ft within the spillway width, since a JCB excavator needed to be used for clearing the build space.
    Stefan Ionescu May 20, New Atlas, 20 May 2026
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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Just across the border lies Izmail, ⁠home to the largest Ukrainian port on ‌the river Danube and a frequent target of Russian attacks.
    Kathleen Magramo, CNN Money, 29 May 2026
  • One of the drones hit the roof of an apartment building in Galați, a town on the river Danube that separates Romania, Ukraine and Moldova.
    Alexander Smith, NBC news, 29 May 2026
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“Tideway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tideway. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.

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