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waterways

noun

plural of waterway

as in canals

an open man-made passageway for water the Erie Canal was superseded by a much larger waterway, the New York State Barge Canal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 waterways Jones also questioned whether enough money is being directed toward protecting local waterways. — Nina Burns, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026 Its main street is lined with shops selling handblown glass and cozy knits, and colorful boats bob along its winding waterways. — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2026 State officials said the additional money will support boat inspections, decontamination, monitoring and other measures intended to prevent the mussels from reaching new waterways. — Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026 The other two organizations focus on protecting waterways and aquatic ecosystems, including the Harpeth River, where Janson lives. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026 Torrential rain has pushed all three waterways higher for days, spilling them over their banks in northeastern Argentina, southern Paraguay and western Uruguay. — Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026 The genre gave him considerably more freedom to invent architectural settings, mixing classical ruins, waterways, and figures into elaborate imaginary landscapes. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

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In antiquity, Rome’s aqueducts and China’s canals and flood-control works were the pipelines of centuries of hegemony.

— NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026
Much of it flows through the Central Arizona Project, the series of canals that run from the river to the Phoenix and Tucson areas.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of canals

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In antiquity, Rome’s aqueducts and China’s canals and flood-control works were the pipelines of centuries of hegemony.

— NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026
Arizona faces especially large cutbacks because the CAP isn’t nearly as old as other aqueducts, giving it low-priority water rights and putting it among the first in line for cuts.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of aqueducts

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