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
The second floor air ducts do not distribute heat evenly.
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Noel Murray, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
But the team also prints parts that go straight onto the race car, like housings, ducts, and brackets.
—Ars Technica, 2 Jan. 2025
This is typically due to a buildup of dust on the burners, heat exchanger, air ducts, and other heating unit components.
—Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2025
Most attributed the improvement in smell to the passage of time, cleaning surfaces and air ducts, replacing furnace filters, and removing carpet, textiles and furniture from the home.
—Colleen E. Reid, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2025
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Noel Murray, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
But the team also prints parts that go straight onto the race car, like housings, ducts, and brackets.
—Ars Technica, 2 Jan. 2025
This is typically due to a buildup of dust on the burners, heat exchanger, air ducts, and other heating unit components.
—Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2025
Most attributed the improvement in smell to the passage of time, cleaning surfaces and air ducts, replacing furnace filters, and removing carpet, textiles and furniture from the home.
—Colleen E. Reid, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for duct
Noun
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However, no issues were found when the pipe was last inspected as required every five years.—
Latoya Gayle,
People.com,
31 Jan. 2025
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If anything, avoiding the need to lay gas pipes can make the process faster and cheaper.—
Sammy Roth,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The porous border has long been a conduit for the smuggling of people, weapons, and drugs.—
Kareem Chehayeb and Abby Sewell,
The Christian Science Monitor,
8 Feb. 2025
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Foreign assistance is a conduit for helping the U.S. achieve its foreign policy goals.—
Ivana Saric,
Axios,
31 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Authorities said a blast dislodged a tube attached to the hyperbaric chamber, which resulted in an explosion and flash fire, according to CBS.—
Michael Dorgan,
Fox News,
31 Jan. 2025
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Also, the lower Guadalupe River begins at the Canyon Lake dam and winds through the Texas Hill Country to New Braunfels, allowing plenty of opportunities to rent a tube and float your way down the river, which also boasts beautiful water.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
30 Jan. 2025
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The targets included oil depot and oil stations and a helicopter plant in the Rostov region, oil refineries in Krasnodar Krai, and an oil pipeline in the Volgograd region, the channel said.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Those include shopping recommendations and channel memberships.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Duct.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duct. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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