as in aqueduct
an open man-made passageway for water
the Panama Canal opened a much easier and shorter passageway from the Atlantic to the Pacific
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One option is catching tulip season along the canals of Amsterdam and Belgium.
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Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 26 Feb. 2025
The canal is of global importance as around 5 percent of global trade passes through it annually.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
The ship transited the canal in the hours before the collision.
—Davis Winkie, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
Smugglers’ paradise With its labyrinth of canals, bays, waterways and lakes, and close proximity to The Bahamas and Cuba, South Florida long has been a favorite landing spot for smugglers.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 16 Feb. 2025
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Jeri Clausing, AFAR Media, 26 Feb. 2025
The canal is of global importance as around 5 percent of global trade passes through it annually.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
The ship transited the canal in the hours before the collision.
—Davis Winkie, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
Smugglers’ paradise With its labyrinth of canals, bays, waterways and lakes, and close proximity to The Bahamas and Cuba, South Florida long has been a favorite landing spot for smugglers.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 16 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for canal
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“Canal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canal. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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