as in aqueduct
an open man-made passageway for water
the Panama Canal opened a much easier and shorter passageway from the Atlantic to the Pacific
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First, the historical basis for the U.S. having the canal in Panama was built on having supported Panama's independence movement as well as on a questionable treaty in the early 20th century.
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Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, ABC News, 30 Dec. 2024
Composed of 25 17th- and 18th-century canal houses, the Pulitzer Amsterdam embodies Dutch history and living with each building telling its own story.
—Rana Good, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
But hiring a boat was expensive, and the canals didn’t go everywhere.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 30 Dec. 2024
With fewer ships, administrators also increased the fees that shippers are charged to reserve slots to use the canal.
—Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, ABC News, 30 Dec. 2024
Composed of 25 17th- and 18th-century canal houses, the Pulitzer Amsterdam embodies Dutch history and living with each building telling its own story.
—Rana Good, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
But hiring a boat was expensive, and the canals didn’t go everywhere.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 30 Dec. 2024
With fewer ships, administrators also increased the fees that shippers are charged to reserve slots to use the canal.
—Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Canal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canal. Accessed 14 Jan. 2025.
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