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
If the calculation is wrong, everything downstream—equipment selection, duct sizing, airflow balancing—will also be off.
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Brynn Cooksey, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
To make that happen, a surgeon has to place three clips on the cystic duct (the first tube), cut it, and then clip and cut the cystic artery (the second tube) in a similar way.
—Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2025
The storm blew out the main buildings’ bayfront windows and the corporate offices within, strewing the property with office furnishings, ducts, shards of metal and other building parts.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 18 July 2025
The exaggerated air duct panel dominates the front end, a design choice that appears to shift the bike’s visual weight forward, likely in an effort to keep the front wheel grounded during full-throttle launches.
—New Atlas, 15 July 2025
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Brynn Cooksey, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
To make that happen, a surgeon has to place three clips on the cystic duct (the first tube), cut it, and then clip and cut the cystic artery (the second tube) in a similar way.
—Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2025
The storm blew out the main buildings’ bayfront windows and the corporate offices within, strewing the property with office furnishings, ducts, shards of metal and other building parts.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 18 July 2025
The exaggerated air duct panel dominates the front end, a design choice that appears to shift the bike’s visual weight forward, likely in an effort to keep the front wheel grounded during full-throttle launches.
—New Atlas, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for duct
Noun
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Dams, straightening, dredging, channelizing, and an unseen network of pipes and drains and overflow tunnels have nearly eliminated the river’s likelihood of overflowing its banks and destroying businesses downtown.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
10 Aug. 2025
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Plus, all that hair can run down your drain, clogging pipes.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
8 Aug. 2025
Noun
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This is before Doom sends Franklin to hell and uses his goddaughter Valeria as a magical conduit.—
Kambole Campbell,
Vulture,
28 July 2025
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The tool did a superb job of cutting the plastic electrical conduit.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
5 July 2025
Noun
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An allied invention was the forming tube that compressed the yarns as the strand was made.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Aug. 2025
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There's a channel that runs down the bottom of the down tube that the cables sit in, held in place by a plastic cover that's screwed onto the frame.—
JOHN TIMMER,
ArsTechnica,
12 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The video can be found on the Sheriff’s Office’s YouTube channel.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Aug. 2025
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Where to watch 'New Heights' podcast New episodes drop on the podcast's YouTube channel, and can be listened to through Spotify and Apple Podcasts.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
The Enquirer,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Duct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duct. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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