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 front end features a new bumper with an integrated splitter, designed at the customer’s request to increase downforce, accelerating airflow to the inner radiator ducts.
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Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
In addition, those homes are connected to a duct system that is inadequate for the HVAC system.
—Brynn Cooksey, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
General Motors The narrow sculptural lighting elements in the front frame large air ducts, which will likely help keep drag down to a minimum.
—New Atlas, 8 Apr. 2025
Sacramento police officers last month used an aerial drone to find two burglary suspects hiding among air conditioning ducts in the attic space of an office building in Gold River.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 14 Mar. 2025
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Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
In addition, those homes are connected to a duct system that is inadequate for the HVAC system.
—Brynn Cooksey, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
General Motors The narrow sculptural lighting elements in the front frame large air ducts, which will likely help keep drag down to a minimum.
—New Atlas, 8 Apr. 2025
Sacramento police officers last month used an aerial drone to find two burglary suspects hiding among air conditioning ducts in the attic space of an office building in Gold River.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for duct
Noun
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The building is old and has lead pipes, so a service brings in large plastic bottles for a water cooler.—
Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
31 May 2025
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The suspect was swinging the pipe and smashed a station call box, cops said.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
30 May 2025
Noun
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LLMs and machine learning are merely the conduit through which benefits to the customer are delivered.—
Justin Warren,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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His strained, sandpaper-coarse timbre served as an ideal conduit for songs concerned with boisterous revelries, shady agreements, licentious intentions and musical pleasures.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
25 May 2025
Noun
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Two of the visible Air tubes on the heel host Lego branding, including a Minifigure head at the rear, and iridescent detailing is used for the midfoot shank and mustache.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
29 May 2025
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When the new Gateway tunnel opens, doubling the number of tubes under the Hudson, through running those trains to Grand Central (the best option) or out to Queens and Long Island is far smarter than demolishing Block 780 to the south for a dead-end stub terminal, now pegged to cost $17 billion!—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2025
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Castelli maps four transmission channels: acute events, chronic shifts, transition pressures, and litigation.—
Michael Sheldrick,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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More than 1,500 people are suing the city in 54 lawsuits, saying its failure to maintain its storm channels led to catastrophic flooding that displaced thousands, mainly in underserved neighborhoods in the Chollas Creek watershed.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 June 2025
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“Duct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duct. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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