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
After Dilone kicked this flight attendant, the affidavit says her legs were duct-taped for the safety of others.
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Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Over a century of duct-tape efforts to address traffic congestion had resulted in stoplight bottlenecks in some areas and a vehicular free-for-all in others.
—Lindsay Phillips, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The diagnosis was invasive lobular carcinoma, a common cancer that begins in the breast ducts.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
This assault on audience members’ tear ducts is of course great news for Hamnet and its distributor, Focus Features, which wants to position Hamnet as a top Oscar contender heading into the end of the year.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
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Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Over a century of duct-tape efforts to address traffic congestion had resulted in stoplight bottlenecks in some areas and a vehicular free-for-all in others.
—Lindsay Phillips, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The diagnosis was invasive lobular carcinoma, a common cancer that begins in the breast ducts.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
This assault on audience members’ tear ducts is of course great news for Hamnet and its distributor, Focus Features, which wants to position Hamnet as a top Oscar contender heading into the end of the year.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for duct
Noun
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Leaking pipes located underground can also attract tree roots.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
27 Sep. 2025
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If lightning hits your pipes, it could be conducted into the water in your bath or shower.—
Staff reports,
AZCentral.com,
27 Sep. 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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The little tube directing pure oxygen to my face did, as promised, make my complexion feel extra plump and glowy, too.—
Kathryn Romeyn,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Sep. 2025
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The idea of 24 frames a second, something that is hard to grasp, but in this sequence, in this flow, becomes a seamless moving picture is juxtaposed with with this gas inside of this tube which becomes an eternal glow.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And consider elevating your home, or moving it back and away from channels that may carry water.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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The new subscription streaming offering will feature a selection of live channels and on-demand programming, designed to put all of the network’s video offerings in one place.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Duct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duct. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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