tideway

noun

Definition of tidewaynext
as in torrent

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  1. torrent
  2. sluice
  3. spillway
  4. sluiceway
  5. floodway
  6. river
Noun
  • Near ubiquitous, however, is consternation about the election process as a whole, with Pennsylvania being Ground Zero for an unyielding torrent of partisan propaganda.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Advertisement Judging from the torrent of polling divinations, spirited debate and reportage dedicated to the potential ballot choices of our sons, brothers, husbands and uncles, women’s voting trends must be stagnant or just simpler, right?
    Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of torrent
Noun
  • In 2014, Kyrgyz and Tajik conscripts exchanged fire over a strategic sluice in Ak-Sai.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2016
  • At night Mulrooney put the floor sweepings through a sluice, gleaning an extra $100 or so in gold dust daily.
    Melanie Haiken, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of sluice
Noun
  • Both years saw major flooding and use of the spillway.
    Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The inspection found deterioration of the spillway outfall pipe, and trees growing upstream, downstream and along the embankment, the consent order states.
    Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 25 July 2024
Definition of spillway
Noun
  • Wilson’s New Freedom would open the sluiceways of competition by slashing tariffs, strengthening anti-trust laws and increasing access to credit.
    Richard Norton Smith, WSJ, 19 Apr. 2018
  • The town has opened the floodgate to the dam draining the pond behind it and allowing Roaring Brook to flow freely downstream through a sluiceway.
    Peter Marteka, Courant Community, 12 Apr. 2018
Definition of sluiceway
Noun
  • For one thing, the equipment and restrooms sit right in the floodway, and are often a few inches deep in standing water when Walnut Creek overflows after heavy rainfall.
    Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 July 2024
  • The development would be built up to the edge of the creek's floodway, an area where flooding would be significant in a flood event.
    Jack Armstrong, The Arizona Republic, 24 June 2024
Definition of floodway
Noun
  • Officials are now pivoting to other parts of the river ahead of a rainy season that threatens to wash trash, and people, out to the ocean.
    Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • In a shocking but logical end to their brotherhood, Oz strangles Victor Aguilar to death, throws his ID in the river, and leaves his anonymous body to be found by the next passing stranger.
    Andy Andersen, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
Definition of river
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