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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

The sky was barely getting light and the birds just beginning to wake up and sing when I tiptoed downstairs in my Sunday suit and my new linen duster.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

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

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

It’s also the first time that Ontario-based designer JaVonnie Bryant has sold her products, which include colorful pre-wrapped turbans, Afrocentric-patterned hats and luxurious dusters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2021

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

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler


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