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exhale

[eks-heyl, ek-seyl] / ɛksˈheɪl, ɛkˈseɪl /


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After hugging your relieved family, you’d check your brokerage statement and exhale, figuring that at least nothing had happened to the stock or bond markets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Her children sometimes struggle with anxiety at bedtime, and Judd has taught them to breathe using a shorter in-breath and a longer exhale to help calm them.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

For many Americans, retirement is supposed to be a financial exhale.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026

“My goal right now is to just exhale; recover, kind of get myself together. I’ve been sprinting hard for many, many years and it will be nice to kind of recharge,” Bostic said.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

It was more like a long, slow exhale.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi




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