build a canal

Frequency: 8.015.5 per million words

to construct a man-made waterway

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Examples (10)

  • They plan to build a canal to connect the two rivers.
  • The ancient civilization built a complex canal system for agriculture.
  • Engineers will build a new shipping canal to reduce travel time.
  • Building the canal was a monumental feat of engineering.
  • A new irrigation canal is being built to support local farms.
  • How long did it take them to build that historic canal?
  • If they build the canal, it will dramatically change the local landscape.
  • The project's main goal is to build a canal for better water management.
  • It took thousands of workers over a decade to build that canal through the mountains.
  • The decision to build the canal was met with both support and opposition.