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The authors deal with the existence of \(2\pi\)-periodic solutions to following neutral delay Duffing equations of the form \[ ax''(t)+bx'(t)+cx(t)+g(x(t-\tau_1),x'(t-\tau_2),x''(t-\tau_3))=p(t), \] where \(a, b\) and \(c\) are constants, \(\tau_i, i=1,2,3\), are nonnegative constants, \(g:\mathbb{R}\times \mathbb{R}\times \mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}\) is continuous, and \(p(t)\) is a continuous \(2\pi\)-periodic function. A sufficient condition is established for the existence of \(2\pi\)-periodic solutions. The approach is to employ the Brouwer degree theory with a continuation theorem based on Mawhin's coincidence degree.