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the Erie Canal was superseded by a much larger waterway, the New York State Barge Canal
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Recent Examples of waterway
But here, in the web of waterways where the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers meet, a new reality is setting in.
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Calmatters, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
And as for the $4 billion, 47-mile gas pipeline, Vásquez and the canal’s brass are aiming to free up the waterway’s slots for other vessels, while giving Panama more opportunities to expand into new markets.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 5 Nov. 2025
Becoming the Dossin museum As its name suggests, the Dossin tells the story of Michigan’s waterways, including the history of commercial shipping and luxury cruise liners on the Great Lakes and powerboat races on the Detroit River.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 4 Nov. 2025
The waterways surrounding the Palm Beach airport are well known to Kimmel.
—Rich Schapiro, NBC news, 2 Nov. 2025
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Calmatters, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
And as for the $4 billion, 47-mile gas pipeline, Vásquez and the canal’s brass are aiming to free up the waterway’s slots for other vessels, while giving Panama more opportunities to expand into new markets.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 5 Nov. 2025
Becoming the Dossin museum As its name suggests, the Dossin tells the story of Michigan’s waterways, including the history of commercial shipping and luxury cruise liners on the Great Lakes and powerboat races on the Detroit River.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 4 Nov. 2025
The waterways surrounding the Palm Beach airport are well known to Kimmel.
—Rich Schapiro, NBC news, 2 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for waterway
Noun
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The festival site, which Envision leases from its owners, is itself home to emerging mangrove forests, creeks, freshwater canals, a host of tree and plant species, birds, monkeys and other wildlife.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
10 Nov. 2025
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Matt Oliver, a spokesman for the Tarrant Regional Water District, said construction on a stormwater canal system is expected to begin in 2026.—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Nov. 2025
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Workers excavated parts of the route with explosives and built locks and aqueducts along 363 miles of canal.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
26 Oct. 2025
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Completed eight years later, the canal stretched some 363 miles (584 kilometers), with 18 aqueducts and 83 locks to compensate for elevation changes en route.—
Matthew Smith,
The Conversation,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Waterway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waterway. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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