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
The rooms farthest from the furnace must have air flowing from the supply duct as strongly as the room closest to the furnace.
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Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 6 Mar. 2026
High ceilings expose pipes and ducts painted black.
—Rob Stein, NPR, 4 Mar. 2026
According to the court’s reconstruction, water entered through ventilation ducts and reached a battery tank, triggering a short circuit and a small fire.
—Almudena Calatrava, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
And don’t forget to care for your dryer, paying particular attention to clearing the vent and ducts of lint.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
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Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 6 Mar. 2026
High ceilings expose pipes and ducts painted black.
—Rob Stein, NPR, 4 Mar. 2026
According to the court’s reconstruction, water entered through ventilation ducts and reached a battery tank, triggering a short circuit and a small fire.
—Almudena Calatrava, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
And don’t forget to care for your dryer, paying particular attention to clearing the vent and ducts of lint.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for duct
Noun
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Sometimes, Ramsden and his peers in Mississippi might hop down in the mud to lay irrigation pipe.—
Boyce Upholt,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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One of those projects is a pipe replacement in the area of 1st Street and Holmes Street in the River Market.—
Rashad Alexander,
Kansas City Star,
13 Mar. 2026
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The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz — a major conduit for the fertilizer trade — has also led to a spike in the price of crop nutrients as farmers rush to secure supply.—
Hallie Gu,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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The widening war in Iran and the risk of Iranian drone or missile attacks has shut down almost all tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, the only sea passage out of Persian Gulf and the conduit for 20% of the world economy’s oil needs.—
David McHugh,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Nearly three million tubes of LIVFRESH have been sold to date with more than 13,000 positive reviews.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
12 Mar. 2026
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That means returning to the motel and removing the feeding tube from her daughter's stomach.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Mar. 2026
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South America fractures into a puzzle of fjords and channels at the southernmost tip of the continent, the Brunswick Peninsula, in Chile’s Magallanes Region, where the future park will protect temperate rainforests, shrublands, and vast carbon-capturing peat bogs.—
Mark Johanson,
Outside,
14 Mar. 2026
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Retailers and brands are using analytics and AI to fine-tune discounts and channel strategies rather than implementing across-the-board price hikes.—
Jerry Haar,
Fortune,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Duct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duct. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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