as in pipe
a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas)
air ducts to provide ventilation
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Recent Examples of duct
Up front, the frunk is replaced by a duct through the hood, providing yet more grip to balance things.
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ArsTechnica, 29 Sep. 2025
Enhancements for air management included NACA ducts and the car’s character-defining rear wing.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 22 Sep. 2025
After Dilone kicked this flight attendant, the affidavit says her legs were duct-taped for the safety of others.
—Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The diagnosis was invasive lobular carcinoma, a common cancer that begins in the breast ducts.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
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ArsTechnica, 29 Sep. 2025
Enhancements for air management included NACA ducts and the car’s character-defining rear wing.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 22 Sep. 2025
After Dilone kicked this flight attendant, the affidavit says her legs were duct-taped for the safety of others.
—Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The diagnosis was invasive lobular carcinoma, a common cancer that begins in the breast ducts.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for duct
Noun
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Spread or pipe whipped cream on top.—
Stephanie Ganz,
Southern Living,
12 Oct. 2025
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Lo then bludgeons Richard in the head with a metal pipe and kills him.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Only the means, the conduits of misinformation, and the overall enshittification have changed.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
2 Oct. 2025
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Gilmour’s set—simultaneously a gesture to Fascist architecture, a conduit to nowhere, and a scatological joke—shores up the production in several ways.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Holloway Road tube relies on a couple of old elevators to get up and down from the platform and the entrance is on a major road, so there is no obvious place for passengers to queue outside.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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For instance, Eucrisa, a drug prescribed to approximately a million American patients with eczema at almost $1,000 a tube, will be offered to Americans at an 80 percent discount—bringing the price under $200.—
Bobby Jindal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Head of the academy Kris Durham had spotted him during a one-on-one tournament at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on the channel of Donald De La Haye, known as Deestroying, who has more than six million subscribers and posts American football videos.—
Eduardo Tansley,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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What Happens Next Regional NWS branches issue regular local forecast updates on the agency’s website and social media channels.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Duct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duct. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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