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as in pipe
a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas)
the major conduit for carrying water to the military base
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as in aqueduct
an open man-made passageway for water
water flowed along the conduit to the fountain
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Recent Examples of conduit
Caleb is the calm, happy conduit for everyone’s relationships.
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E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
But Vance served a key purpose as a conduit with experience at the Capitol.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2024
Hezbollah helped keep Assad in power, and the militant group has for years used Syria as a conduit to transfer weapons into Lebanon.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 10 Dec. 2024
The ruble's collapse follows new U.S. sanctions against Russia's Gazprombank which had previously been spared American punishment due to its role as a conduit for Russian gas payments.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
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E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
But Vance served a key purpose as a conduit with experience at the Capitol.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2024
Hezbollah helped keep Assad in power, and the militant group has for years used Syria as a conduit to transfer weapons into Lebanon.
—Scott Neuman, NPR, 10 Dec. 2024
The ruble's collapse follows new U.S. sanctions against Russia's Gazprombank which had previously been spared American punishment due to its role as a conduit for Russian gas payments.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
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In California, water systems were required to develop their inventories on the public side of the service line from the water main under the street to the meter by 2018, and submit a plan for replacement of all lead pipes and fittings by 2020.Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
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Deputies worked together to lift the metal grate off a storm drain before freeing the dog, who had become trapped in a pipe.Simone Jasper, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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Most water used in Los Angeles doesn't come from Northern California but from local aqueducts and groundwater.John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
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Including aqueduct reservoirs, the city can store more than 91 billion gallons across its vast infrastructure.Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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The creamy formula comes in a twist-up tube for easy application on the go.Angela Lei, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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An e-cigarette was found inside a Colgate toothpaste tube at Chicago Midway International Airport.Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2025
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In the 1970s, diverse forces on the right came together to fight against ceding control of the canal to Panama, seeing the move as weak and antithetical to American interests.Aaron Coy Moulton / Made by History, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
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The firefighters fought for hours to extinguish the blaze but were unable to save the home, which is located on a canal on the eastern side of Lake Okeechobee, and two cars in the garage, including a red 1955 Ford Thunderbird.KC Baker, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025
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Large breaking waves and strong currents may impact harbor entrances and channels causing challenging boat handling.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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As payment for the YouTube channel and all existing content, News UK will simply take a cut of its ad revenues until 2029.Alex Ritman, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025
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That typically is the top of the funnel of any creative process.Megan Poinski, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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The two-story Tomorrow Tower Suite, located inside the ship’s iconic red forward funnel, is the most exclusive accommodation on board, with design inspired by Epcot (keep an eye out for theme park icon, Figment, throughout the suite).Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Conduit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conduit. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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