: a wide cloth adhesive tape originally designed for sealing joints in heating or air-conditioning ducts
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In the sushi area, the sink plumbing was wrapped with duct tape and there was buildup on the floor.
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Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2025
The Nuggets were trying to keep their rotation together via duct tape with Aaron Gordon and his grade 2 hamstring strain.
—Zach Harper, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Applying duct tape, at least, seems like a safe job for humans for some time to come.
—Tim Stevens, ArsTechnica, 19 May 2025
The portrait — of a stylish Black couple whose clothes were rendered in colorful strips of duct tape — was his first ever to go to auction.
—Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 8 May 2025
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Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2025
The Nuggets were trying to keep their rotation together via duct tape with Aaron Gordon and his grade 2 hamstring strain.
—Zach Harper, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Applying duct tape, at least, seems like a safe job for humans for some time to come.
—Tim Stevens, ArsTechnica, 19 May 2025
The portrait — of a stylish Black couple whose clothes were rendered in colorful strips of duct tape — was his first ever to go to auction.
—Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 8 May 2025
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“Duct tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/duct%20tape. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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