duct tape
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The duct-tape solution assumes you have duct tape — but the West’s is now in China because it was cheaper.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 3, 2026
The electrical grid is held together with duct tape.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025
We’re hurtling toward a future with more than 50 state systems patched together with duct tape and wishful thinking.
From Slate • Jul. 4, 2025
Last November, a man who tried to open the plane door during an American Airlines flight was restrained and tied up by fellow passengers with duct tape.
From BBC • May 26, 2025
After they’d been cleaned, my brother Tyler chose one and set it on a sheet of black plastic, which he folded over the rifle, sealing it with yards of silvery duct tape.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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