as in canals
an open man-made passageway for water
fell into the racecourse for an abandoned water mill
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Recent Examples of racecourses
Upstairs at Sperm Racing HQ is a lab stocked with racks of test tubes, centrifuges for separating out the most motile sperm from a sample, and little plastic slides containing new microscopic racecourses for frat-boy cum.
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Sam Kriss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Andretti offers multiple activities, but its main attractions are the massive racecourses.
—Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
Sam Kriss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
Andretti offers multiple activities, but its main attractions are the massive racecourses.
—Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for racecourses
Noun
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Similarly, there were thoughts of perhaps creating large canals in the Sahara Desert filled with kerosene, then torched to flash a similar transmission from the dark side of Earth, the METI expert explained.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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Set the scene From Prinsengracht, one of the four main canals that make up Amsterdam's winding waterway network, Rosewood Amsterdam cuts an imposing figure.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Picnic in the shadow of ancient aqueducts.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Mar. 2026
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Students learn how their water travels from the Sierra Nevada through reservoirs, pipes and aqueducts to finally end up in their homes.—
Molly McCrea,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Racecourses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/racecourses. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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