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canal

noun

kə-ˈnal

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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Recent Examples of canal They are typically found in shallow ponds, swamps, canals, reservoirs, lakes and rivers. —

Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026 Sailing on the weekly Asia-to-North Europe French Asia Line (FAL3) service, the CMA CGM Notre Dame is expected to pass through the canal on June 13. —

Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 27 May 2026 These are fast disappearing, however, as humans drain them for development, dredge canals in them for the oil and gas industry and construct river levees, depriving them of the sediments that stop them being submerged. —

Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 25 May 2026 Ideally, boats should be placed in the middle of a canal and tied off to the sea walls on both sides. —

Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for canal

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Despite the dilapidated state, the couple fell in love with its ancient olive trees, a creek and a network of aqueducts winding through the fields.

— Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026
The rolling landscape, nestled between a nature preserve and a cattle ranch, had silvery groves of ancient olive trees, a meandering creek, and a network of antique aqueducts snaking through the fields.

— Ingrid Abramovitch, Architectural Digest, 22 May 2026