Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tideway
Noun
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Eighty lines, one for each rainy season a composer might hope to enjoy in his lifetime, all washed away in a torrent.—
Lily Goldberg,
Pitchfork,
13 June 2026 -
The people calling them to collect often endure a torrent of verbal abuse and threats of violence.—
Lily Boyce,
New York Times,
12 June 2026
Noun
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The archways are furnished with sluice gates that can open to allow excess water to pass through in periods of flooding.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 May 2026
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Some residents said the country club contribues to flooding by opening its sluice gate when rain is forecast.—
Evy Lewis,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The largest among them, the Hardy Dam on the Muskegon River, needs a multi-hundred-million-dollar spillway upgrade to comply with modern flood safety standards.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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Jurado said that pollution and turbidity in the spillway discharge is a concern, too.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
23 May 2026
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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The closest the data center would be to Weston Gardens is 370 feet, said Riley, due to a wooded floodway and floodplain between the Black Mountain property and Weston’s.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Sep. 2025
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Call it resilience, call it infrastructure, call it economic development—just build it before the next 8-year-old goes to sleep in a floodway.—
Daniel Lehewych,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Flash flooding in the South The intense rainfall in the Southeast overnight Thursday, June 18, and into Friday, June 19, created dangerous flooding and sent several rivers to record highs.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
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The 120-mile river that runs near the border in northern Mexico and Southern California was the site of a pilot study in 2025.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
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“Tideway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tideway. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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