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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Michael Venutolo-Mantovani, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Dec. 2024
Romeo Florez-Perez, 24, was sought in a homicide investigation by the agency that began after a body was discovered near the Emory Street canal around 8 a.m. Nov. 28, according to a press release Wednesday from the agency.
—Silas Morgan, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
The magazine noted his leadership in a project to install solar panels over canals, which generates electricity and slows evaporation.
—Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 26 Nov. 2024
The collapsing ground has damaged canals, wells and other infrastructure, requiring repairs that in some areas are now in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Hotel du Palais de l'Isle overlooks a quiet canal—one of the many that earned the city of Annecy its Venice of France monicker.
—Michael Venutolo-Mantovani, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Dec. 2024
Romeo Florez-Perez, 24, was sought in a homicide investigation by the agency that began after a body was discovered near the Emory Street canal around 8 a.m. Nov. 28, according to a press release Wednesday from the agency.
—Silas Morgan, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
The magazine noted his leadership in a project to install solar panels over canals, which generates electricity and slows evaporation.
—Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 26 Nov. 2024
The collapsing ground has damaged canals, wells and other infrastructure, requiring repairs that in some areas are now in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Canal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/canal. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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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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