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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

Find a duster extender or ladder to make sure you can reach the ceiling and the tops of cabinets and refrigerators.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2025

Our photographer captured their looks: toasty puffer jackets, a floral duster coat and one exposed midriff.

From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2024

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

Far above them, someone shakes a duster out a window.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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

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

“We want to be recognized like everyone else. We need health and safety, too,” Sanchez said while marching alongside hundreds of workers waving brooms and dusters outside the Capitol in Sacramento in late August.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2023

She was "made invisible" under dusters and mops.

From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2023

“Yes, I have. Mine is dishes and dusters, and envying girls with nice pianos, and being afraid of people.”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott


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