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oxygenate

[ok-si-juh-neyt] / ˈɒk sɪ dʒəˌneɪt /
VERB
add oxygen
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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"It would oxygenate the market," says Stacy Mitchell is co-executive director of the US based non-profit Institute for Local Self-Reliance, which is part of the Athena coalition fighting to change the way Amazon operates.

From BBC May 17, 2026

Look at trading for a key commodity with a heinous name: RBOB, short for reformulated gasoline blendstock for oxygenate blending.

From Barron's Mar. 20, 2026

Maternal blood to oxygenate us, all of us, when we were barely the size of a gummy bear.

From Slate Sep. 7, 2024

This caused a steep reduction in the number of burrowing invertebrates, which oxygenate sediments.

From Science Daily May 8, 2024

Take several long, deep breaths, oxygenate the bloodstream, then fill the lungs once and slide down under the surface.

From The Sensitive Man by Anderson, Poul William

Surgeons would connect the blood vessels in the umbilical cord to a system that oxygenates blood outside the body.

From Scientific American Sep. 18, 2023

Crimmins says that because Maria’s lungs were not providing enough oxygen to her and Dylan, she was placed on ECMO, a life-supporting measure that oxygenates the blood outside of the body.

From Washington Post Oct. 22, 2021

You breathe in a fast, rhythmic way that oxygenates your brain, activating your parasympathetic nervous system and relaxing you.

From New York Times Nov. 15, 2019

But that story is only the embers of something more, which the film steadily exhales over, oxygenates and causes to flame up.

From The Guardian May 8, 2019

The deep respiration oxygenates the blood and gives us power to resist diseases.

From What Every Singer Should Know by Ryan, Millie

Modern alternatives to ice boxes are available that keep hearts beating and oxygenated while they are being transported.

From BBC Mar. 24, 2026

This system oxygenated the blood, removed carbon dioxide, and supported circulation, allowing the heart and other organs to continue functioning even though the patient had no lungs.

From Science Daily Mar. 18, 2026

The fish that are collected are regularly transferred to a truck with an oxygenated tank and hauled to one of several locations in the delta to be released.

From Los Angeles Times May 2, 2024

Current treatments consist of a series of three open heart surgeries all before the patient's 5th year of life that reroutes oxygenated blood supply to the right ventricle.

From Science Daily Mar. 6, 2024

The heart scrambling to deliver oxygenated blood, the mind scrambling to unravel the situation.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

In the Americas, doctors can help infected people by putting them on a life-support machine known as ECMO, for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, which breathes for the patient by oxygenating the blood.

From Los Angeles Times May 4, 2026

These branches are ultimately responsible for oxygenating the blood in the lungs.

From Science Daily Dec. 4, 2023

The latter is battery-powered, and when turned on it creates an oxygenating spiral motion in the water in the carafe, which is said to improve its taste.

From BBC Feb. 15, 2023

He also spent 38 days undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, a sophisticated way of oxygenating blood outside the body.

From Seattle Times Oct. 25, 2021

Alex took several deep breaths, hyperventilating and oxygenating his blood, knowing it would give him a few precious extra seconds.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz




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