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ventilate

[ven-tl-eyt] / ˈvɛn tlˌeɪt /


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“It’s self-reinforcing: you ventilate at night, then shield from the sun by day, and it works well,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

In the future, the technology could help ventilate greenhouses or residential buildings without conventional energy sources.

From Science Daily Feb. 27, 2026

Dry clothes outdoors if you can, rather than using a tumble dryer, or hang clothes indoors but ventilate well or use a dehumidifier to avoid damp.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2025

Organizers should also find ways to ventilate the event space, including, potentially, by reducing seat capacity.

From Salon Nov. 27, 2023

He says, “Mason, we have to ventilate or we’re going to die in here.”

From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor

As we followed a trail through waist-high grass, the sun was hot and a ridge blocked the breeze, the steady trade wind that reliably ventilates the Caribbean.

From New York Times Oct. 8, 2015

The mastoid portion of the temporal bone, which can be felt as a bump in the skull behind the pinna, also contains air, which ventilates through the middle ear.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2015

Like a healer, he helps us to come to terms with the miseries he ventilates on our behalf.

From The Guardian Jul. 17, 2010

And when their various pathologies grow suffocating, the director of photography, Michael Hardwick, ventilates the movie with pure Alaskan light and scrubbed, cerulean skies.

From New York Times Mar. 26, 2010

Speech ventilates our intellectual fire; Speech burnishes our mental magazine; Brightens, for ornament; and whets, for use.

From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Young, Edward

Keep them ventilated during the day and, where possible, close internal doors between the conservatory and the rest of the house.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

Durga Devi finds no relief after a day working in New Delhi's sweltering summer, because her poorly ventilated home radiates trapped heat, leaving her bedroom as hot as 45 degrees at night.

From Barron's Jun. 26, 2026

Three indoor privies were lighted by skylights and ingeniously ventilated by a 150-foot-long lateral tunnel that drew in air and discharged it through adjoining chimneys, providing a continuous draft.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

Washing hands regularly and ensuring indoor spaces are well ventilated helps, and we advise those who have symptoms and need to go out, to consider wearing a face covering in indoor public spaces.

From BBC Dec. 24, 2025

The kitchens were too small and badly ventilated.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston

These are necessary for ventilating certain rooms, like your kitchen and bathroom.

From BBC Nov. 23, 2023

Fortunately, we can reduce that risk by ventilating buildings and filtering the air we breathe.

From Scientific American Dec. 20, 2022

These include “changing guidelines on ventilating patients, the use of high dose steroids in hospitalized patients, and identifying previously unknown or overlooked safety issues with some novel antiviral therapies,” Kheriaty declared.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 17, 2022

To reduce methane concentrations, large fans draw air into and through the mine, ventilating the methane into the atmosphere.

From New York Times Jun. 14, 2022

Then Dad went off into his favorite subject: ventilating air through the mine.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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