as in canal
an open man-made passageway for water
the Erie Canal was superseded by a much larger waterway, the New York State Barge Canal
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The emails criticized Barreto’s record of conserving Florida’s waterways, as well as the FWC investigation into a fatal Biscayne Bay boat crash in September 2022 that killed a senior at Our Lady of Lourdes Academy and left her classmate with permanent physical and mental disabilities.
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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2025
Trump and his supporters have continued to criticize fees levied against ships to use the Panama Canal and alleged that China controls the waterway, a claim the Panamanian government has denied.
—Jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
Before Congress passed the Clean Water Act in 1972, U.S. factories and cities could pipe their pollution directly into waterways.
—Jeremy Orr, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2025
Moving packages on our waterways was first proposed in 1994.
—Tom Fox, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2025
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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2025
Trump and his supporters have continued to criticize fees levied against ships to use the Panama Canal and alleged that China controls the waterway, a claim the Panamanian government has denied.
—Jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
Before Congress passed the Clean Water Act in 1972, U.S. factories and cities could pipe their pollution directly into waterways.
—Jeremy Orr, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2025
Moving packages on our waterways was first proposed in 1994.
—Tom Fox, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for waterway
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The Hide Resting among the romantic canals of Madinat Jumeirah, the palatial Four-Star Jumeirah Al Qasr is a spectacular location for an elegant night out in Dubai.—
Natasha Amar,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Ancient Egyptians are famous for their pioneering and mastery of hydraulics through canals for irrigation purposes and barges to transport huge stones.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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This regional office, besides managing some of the largest reservoirs and aqueduct systems in the state, also manages funds for ecosystem restoration and local water conservation efforts.—
Tom Philp,
The Mercury News,
20 Mar. 2025
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Last fall, the city temporarily relied on the Croton reservoir for more of its drinking water when half the Catskills supply went offline for repairs to a major aqueduct.—
Hilary Howard,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Waterway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waterway. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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