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duster

[duhs-ter] / ˈdʌs tər /




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It’s an arresting image that signals the production’s bold, stylized approach to this canonical text, often treated as an antique that requires only a feather duster to be brought back to life.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 10, 2026

Don’t use a feather duster or anything similar that stirs up dust, Filippelli said.

From Seattle Times Apr. 15, 2024

She was dressed in a lacy white duster over slacks and T-shirt and her shoes were not meant for hiking.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2023

Hankey even hired a crop duster to fly over half of his 30 acres to test whether the plane would move more pollen around in the air and improve fertilization.

From Reuters Dec. 21, 2022

Dropping the paper back on the money, he turned, picked up an old turkey-feather duster, and started dusting where there was no dust.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

Procter & Gamble reported volume declined 2% in the latest quarter in its home and fabric-care division, which includes brands like Tide detergent, Dawn dish liquid and Swiffer dusters.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 28, 2025

The California Domestic Workers Coalition had ratcheted up the pressure this time around, protesting in Sacramento armed with brooms and dusters.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 30, 2023

Every time a banana tree sprouts a leaf, it's newly vulnerable to fungal infection, so farmers spray fungicide from crop dusters and enclose growing fruits in plastic bags loaded with insecticide to deter bugs.

From Scientific American Sep. 22, 2023

Special Operations Command, used to flying some of the most sophisticated, stealthy, high-tech planes ever built, will soon be going to war in modified, souped-up crop dusters, the Pentagon says.

From Washington Times Aug. 4, 2022

He passes me a couple of dusters and a can of polish.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler




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