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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The canals also linked areas far west to the shore.
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Bethany Barnes, Sun Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2025
Change accelerated in the early 1900s when state lawmakers supported building canals and ditches to drain the boggy peninsula.
—Bethany Barnes, Sun Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2025
The United States turned over the canal to Panama in 1999.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2025
As the ongoing legal battle over the canal’s ports ramps up, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arrived in Panama Tuesday to meet with country officials and defense leaders from other Central American countries.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 8 Apr. 2025
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Bethany Barnes, Sun Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2025
Change accelerated in the early 1900s when state lawmakers supported building canals and ditches to drain the boggy peninsula.
—Bethany Barnes, Sun Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2025
The United States turned over the canal to Panama in 1999.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2025
As the ongoing legal battle over the canal’s ports ramps up, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arrived in Panama Tuesday to meet with country officials and defense leaders from other Central American countries.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 8 Apr. 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 24 Apr. 2025.
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