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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

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

From New York Times Jan. 18, 2024

She was dressed in a lacy white duster over slacks and T-shirt and her shoes were not meant for hiking.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2023

Hefner’s wife and children said he began as a crop duster and had an aviation career that spanned more than 40 years.

From Seattle Times Jun. 6, 2023

Madam Pince the librarian brandished a feather duster at him.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling

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

The California Domestic Workers Coalition had ratcheted up the pressure this time around, protesting in Sacramento armed with brooms and dusters.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 30, 2023

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

They began to tickle one another with the dusters.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood




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