: a wide cloth adhesive tape originally designed for sealing joints in heating or air-conditioning ducts
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Identity and measurement were disconnected and stitched together with duct tape across multiple vendors.
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Christian Monberg, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
One example is the Corsi-Rosenthal box made from simple materials of an air filter, box fan and duct tape.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 3 June 2025
In the boy’s room, officials say a homemade explosive was also found, cobbled together with duct tape and a firework, KHOU reported.
—Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2025
The object looked like a pill bottle wrapped in duct tape, with a matchstick protruding from the lid with a piece of cloth, police said.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 3 June 2025
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Christian Monberg, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
One example is the Corsi-Rosenthal box made from simple materials of an air filter, box fan and duct tape.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 3 June 2025
In the boy’s room, officials say a homemade explosive was also found, cobbled together with duct tape and a firework, KHOU reported.
—Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2025
The object looked like a pill bottle wrapped in duct tape, with a matchstick protruding from the lid with a piece of cloth, police said.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 3 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for duct tape
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“Duct tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/duct%20tape. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.
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