as in aqueduct
an open man-made passageway for water
the child who fell through the ice was helplessly swept along the raceway, still trapped under the ice, by the current
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Recent Examples of raceway
Within a day, after most had acclimated to their new home, the coral were moved from the outdoor raceway tanks to an indoor spawning facility.
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Jenny Staletovich, NPR, 22 June 2024
Shuttles will depart for the raceway starting at 4 p.m. each day with the last departure at 8 p.m.
Return shuttles to Tempe will begin at 1 a.m. with the last departure leaving the raceway at 3 a.m. each night.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2024
The festival, held at a remote raceway in Alton, Virginia, had just been called off early by promoters citing bad weather, and Shinedown had been slated to headline that night.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2024
Draw a raceway Wild turns, pit stops, stop signs—the sky's the limit!
—Michelle Crouch, Parents, 14 Nov. 2023
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Jenny Staletovich, NPR, 22 June 2024
Shuttles will depart for the raceway starting at 4 p.m. each day with the last departure at 8 p.m.
Return shuttles to Tempe will begin at 1 a.m. with the last departure leaving the raceway at 3 a.m. each night.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2024
The festival, held at a remote raceway in Alton, Virginia, had just been called off early by promoters citing bad weather, and Shinedown had been slated to headline that night.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2024
Draw a raceway Wild turns, pit stops, stop signs—the sky's the limit!
—Michelle Crouch, Parents, 14 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for raceway
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Residents seized the aqueduct’s control gates and diverted its flow into the Owens River channel.Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
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Two billion dollars and a decade later, that new tunnel is ready to connect to the old, and that means shutting the aqueduct off for eight months.Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 5 Oct. 2024
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Aim the cup toward the back of your vaginal canal and at a slight upward angle.Wendy Wisner, Health, 1 Nov. 2024
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Chinese border personnel took over a Nepali irrigation canal fed by the Karnali River, the report said, although the Chinese retreated when the Nepali mission visited.New York Times, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2024
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Princess Eugenie, her sister Princess Beatrice, and their mother Sarah, Duchess of York, attended the second day of Royal Ascot on Wednesday at the world-famous racecourse, fashioning looks that spoke to their individual style sensibilities.Julia Teti, WWD, 20 June 2024
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That was a precursor to a pre-launch event held in May 2022 on the grounds of Mumbai’s racecourse for 2,500 realtors, giving them a sneak peak of Prestige’s upcoming projects followed by dinner.Anu Raghunathan, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Raceway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raceway. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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