as in canal
an open man-made passageway for water
the Erie Canal was superseded by a much larger waterway, the New York State Barge Canal
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Recent Examples of waterway
Then, once moisture comes, the drainage system of the landscape pulls those chemicals into the waterways, Weber said.
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 16 June 2025
Security officials will also use drones as part of the security strategy, and waterways around the district will be closed.
—Haisten Willis, The Washington Examiner, 13 June 2025
Video from the weather event shows city streets transformed into waterways and passing city buses generating waves that broke against storefronts, while the rain persisted, relentless and torrential.
—Rob Schmitz, NPR, 13 June 2025
Despite the widespread use of raw sewage releases in U.S. waterways, the environmental effects aren’t well studied or understood, Happel said.
—Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2025
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 16 June 2025
Security officials will also use drones as part of the security strategy, and waterways around the district will be closed.
—Haisten Willis, The Washington Examiner, 13 June 2025
Video from the weather event shows city streets transformed into waterways and passing city buses generating waves that broke against storefronts, while the rain persisted, relentless and torrential.
—Rob Schmitz, NPR, 13 June 2025
Despite the widespread use of raw sewage releases in U.S. waterways, the environmental effects aren’t well studied or understood, Happel said.
—Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for waterway
Noun
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During delivery, the newborn’s head became stuck in the vaginal canal in a complicated medical event known as shoulder dystocia, according to Taylor and Ross’ lawsuit against St. Julian and Southern Regional Medical Center.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
20 June 2025
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Then into motorboats for hair-raising dashes through tortuous canals and across rough water to dams far back in some vast marsh.—
Nash Buckingham,
Outdoor Life,
19 June 2025
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From there, water is pumped into a State Water Project aqueduct and moved south, mostly to Southern California.—
George Skelton,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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There was just enough water to float us through the dank tunnel under the ancient stone aqueduct that carries the canal over the mouth of the run, and out in the river there wasn’t much more.—
Arthur Grahame,
Outdoor Life,
4 June 2025
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“Waterway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waterway. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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