humidify

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The system boasted heat and flame detectors, fire retardant, a 2,500-gallon sprinkler system to soak the property and humidify the air for an hour, and autonomy from the power grid.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

Enriched oxygen, first bubbled through water to warm and humidify it, pumped mechanically into her lungs.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2021

The normally small-sized structures cleanse and humidify the air that passes through the nostrils into the lungs.

From Fox News • May 28, 2019

If you’re out in cold weather, try to breathe through the nose, which helps humidify the air so the airways won’t dry out.

From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2014

Several bones that help form the walls of the nasal cavity have air-containing spaces called the paranasal sinuses, which serve to warm and humidify incoming air.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013