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duct

noun

ˈdəkt

Definition of duct

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 Energy density optimization for scalability The architecture also removes the need for bulky cooling plates, air ducts, and wide safety gaps between individual modules. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2026 Airflow, duct design, insulation, air leakage and commissioning all influence how efficiently that equipment performs. — Brynn Cooksey, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 As the liquid moves through a narrowing duct, water is removed, the pH falls and the balance of ions changes. — Aliasger K. Salem, The Conversation, 4 Aug. 2026 Thieves have long used a variety of methods — tapping into ducts, hijacking tanker trucks or robbing directly from facilities of Petroleos Mexicanos, the state energy company known as Pemex. — Foreign Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for duct

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Aguas de La Habana, the state utilities company in the capital, issues daily updates to clients on service interruptions caused by electricity cuts or burst pipes.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026
The project is expected to start sending water into city pipes as soon as early 2029.

— Alex Hager, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of pipe

Noun

Otherwise, after decades of exclusion, Syria could return to the regional map merely as a fragile conduit for others’ commercial exploits.

— Jesse Marks, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026
Vessels have continued to endure more attacks for sailing through the conduit, which before the war in Iran harbored as much as 20 percent of the world’s oil supply.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of conduit

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The design introduced major changes to the forward section of the submarine, including a Large Aperture Bow sonar array and two Virginia Payload Tubes replacing the 12 individual vertical-launch tubes used on earlier boats.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026
Mehta said federal Bureau of Prisons medical staff can feed Lakanwal intravenously or through a medical tube to save his life.

— Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

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The island, just over 2 miles long, was created in the late 1960s from sand dredged during the deepening of the Elbe shipping channel that serves the port of Hamburg, then left to itself and gradually planted over.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2026
Another transition, as if someone had switched channels to a prestige family drama (kudos to the many hats cinematographer Zach Kuperstein wears), takes us to a regular modern-day suburban street.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

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