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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 Television guitarist and co-founder Richard Lloyd has been diagnosed with bile-duct cancer, and a GoFundMe has been launched to assist him and his family in covering his medical expenses. — Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 24 Aug. 2026 Richard Lloyd, a founding member and guitarist of the influential rock band Television, has been diagnosed with bile-duct cancer. — Sameen, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026 Which brings us to the nomination that will have the tear ducts full in the room. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for duct

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Noun

Along the way, temperatures have grown hotter and pipes have gotten larger, both of which increase the electricity generated by each well.

— Pippa Stevens, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026
But with the pipe capped, Daniel and Silo 18 are at a stand off.

— Hunter Ingram, Variety, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of pipe

Noun

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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Some of those games will also be shown on the Sky Sports WSL YouTube channel.

— Megan Feringa, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Jay Bowles, owner of popular Youtube channel called Plasma Channel, transported the experimental device 14,000 kilometers to test it near the Namibian coast with support from University of Namibia researchers in Swakopmund.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026

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