: a wide cloth adhesive tape originally designed for sealing joints in heating or air-conditioning ducts
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One construction worker used duct tape to restrain him until Glendale police officers arrived.
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Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 25 Oct. 2024
The buyer of the work will receive a banana, a roll of duct tape, a certificate of authenticity, and instructions for the sculpture’s display.
—News Desk, Artforum, 25 Oct. 2024
Heck, it may well be held together with duct tape, bailing wire and chewing gum.
—Rob Day, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
Police searched the stepfather’s Chevy Astro van and discovered a shovel, duct tape and work gloves in the back of the car.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 5 Oct. 2024
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Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 25 Oct. 2024
The buyer of the work will receive a banana, a roll of duct tape, a certificate of authenticity, and instructions for the sculpture’s display.
—News Desk, Artforum, 25 Oct. 2024
Heck, it may well be held together with duct tape, bailing wire and chewing gum.
—Rob Day, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
Police searched the stepfather’s Chevy Astro van and discovered a shovel, duct tape and work gloves in the back of the car.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 5 Oct. 2024
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“Duct tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/duct%20tape. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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