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the Erie Canal was superseded by a much larger waterway, the New York State Barge Canal
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Red inflatable boats drive around the neighborhood on waterways above what presumably had been yards and streets.
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Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2025
Day after day of heavy rains have pounded the central U.S., rapidly swelling waterways and prompting a series of flash flood emergencies in Missouri, Texas and Arkansas.
—Obed Lamy, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
The waterway links the Strait of Malacca in the west with the South China Sea in the east.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
As storms grow stronger with climate change, the system is overwhelmed, spilling untreated runoff into sensitive waterways.
—Courtney Heath, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
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Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2025
Day after day of heavy rains have pounded the central U.S., rapidly swelling waterways and prompting a series of flash flood emergencies in Missouri, Texas and Arkansas.
—Obed Lamy, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
The waterway links the Strait of Malacca in the west with the South China Sea in the east.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
As storms grow stronger with climate change, the system is overwhelmed, spilling untreated runoff into sensitive waterways.
—Courtney Heath, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Waterway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waterway. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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