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airtight

[air-tahyt] / ˈɛərˌtaɪt /




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He sees passive homes as going hand in hand with all-electric appliances, because “with airtight construction, having a gas stove in the house especially doesn’t make sense” for indoor air quality.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

They are waulking the wool, an age-old tradition for rendering tweed soft and airtight so that it might keep the shepherds of the Scottish Hebrides warm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

"Especially as OpenAI moves to explore advertising as a business model, it's crucial that separation between this sort of health data and memories that ChatGPT captures from other conversations is airtight," he said.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026

Store the cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2025

Mama and Baba lay within their airtight sterile chambers, buried under tubes and cables and lit only by the wall of monitors.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda




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