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 striking tower will be built next to a canal by Dubai’s main transport artery, Sheikh Zayed Road.
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Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024
Instead, the agency will do that work at neighboring Lakewood East, which is across a canal from A.B. Ford, but is less accessible from the neighborhood.
—Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 16 Oct. 2024
Yet so far, there have been only a handful of projects built in truly low-conflict spots, such as a set of solar panels over a canal that were switched on this month by Arizona’s Gila River Indian Community.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
Sanitation was helped by public water works, such as canals in Urukor water wells and a large public bath in the Indus city of Mohenjo Daro.
—R. Alexander Bentley, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
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Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024
Instead, the agency will do that work at neighboring Lakewood East, which is across a canal from A.B. Ford, but is less accessible from the neighborhood.
—Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 16 Oct. 2024
Yet so far, there have been only a handful of projects built in truly low-conflict spots, such as a set of solar panels over a canal that were switched on this month by Arizona’s Gila River Indian Community.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
Sanitation was helped by public water works, such as canals in Urukor water wells and a large public bath in the Indus city of Mohenjo Daro.
—R. Alexander Bentley, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Canal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canal. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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