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duct

[duhkt] / dʌkt /


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He's perhaps most famous for purchasing an art piece consisting of a banana duct taped to a wall for $6.2m and then eating it.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

Castro said he had sealed windows at his home with duct tape and filled up extra water containers.

From Barron's Jul. 4, 2026

Amgen said in its quarterly earnings release in late April that the drug “demonstrates effectiveness and a favorable benefit-risk profile,” and said that vanishing bile duct syndrome hadn’t affected patients in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

“We can no longer keep our city together with duct tape and slurry,” said Rae Huang, a leftist community organizer, at a recent candidate forum on housing and transportation.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 6, 2026

She scooped a handful of silver coins from Hedge’s baseball cap, grabbed duct tape from the coach’s supply bag and began taping coins around her blade.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

The actor, his voice slightly shaky, gave a moving description of grief as “unexpressed love” that quickly activated tear ducts.

From Los Angeles Times May 18, 2026

Some cases involved vanishing bile duct syndrome, a liver condition characterized by the progressive destruction of bile ducts in the liver, the agency said.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 31, 2026

When F. nucleatum was introduced directly into breast ducts, it caused metaplastic and hyperplastic lesions, noncancerous changes where cells either grow excessively or shift into a different type.

From Science Daily Mar. 19, 2026

The same is true for keeping air ducts clean.

From MarketWatch Feb. 28, 2026

"Nothing unusual," the fireman replied, "especially in weather like this, no ventilation, snow packed over the ducts."

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin




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