canalled or canaled; canalling or canaling
: to construct a canal through or across
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Noun
the Panama Canal opened a much easier and shorter passageway from the Atlantic to the Pacific
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
Known for its grand canals and elegant green spaces, such as Vondelpark, the city has set forth a vision for 2050 to ensure all residents can walk to a park within 10 minutes.
—Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 2 Jan. 2025
Much of that water is moved south to cities and farms through the massive systems of canals and pumps in the State Water Project and Central Valley Project.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 2 Jan. 2025
While there are no Chinese troops in Panama, as Trump has wrongly suggested, China controls two ports of entry, one at each end of the canal, through a Hong Kong holding company.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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Noun
The canal was funded and constructed by the U.S. but turned over to Panama in 1999 in accordance with a deal signed by President Jimmy Carter in 1978.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
Known for its grand canals and elegant green spaces, such as Vondelpark, the city has set forth a vision for 2050 to ensure all residents can walk to a park within 10 minutes.
—Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 2 Jan. 2025
Much of that water is moved south to cities and farms through the massive systems of canals and pumps in the State Water Project and Central Valley Project.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 2 Jan. 2025
While there are no Chinese troops in Panama, as Trump has wrongly suggested, China controls two ports of entry, one at each end of the canal, through a Hong Kong holding company.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Canal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/canal. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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canal
noun
ca·nal
kə-ˈnal 
: a tubular anatomical passage or channel : duct see alimentary canal, Haversian canal, inguinal canal
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