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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

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

From Salon Nov. 27, 2023

This can cause people to snore, or it can also completely obstruct the airway and cause people to not be able to ventilate well.

From Scientific American Jun. 29, 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

Ven′tilātor, that which ventilates: a contrivance for introducing fresh air.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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

Hantavirus exposure often occurs in enclosed or poorly ventilated spaces—homes, cabins or sheds—where rodent activity is present.

From The Wall Street Journal May 4, 2026

After an 11-hour surgery last September, Etta needed to be ventilated and her abdomen covered with a mesh as it couldn't be fully closed due to swelling, but she now has a healthy liver.

From BBC Jan. 18, 2026

The kitchens were too small and badly ventilated.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston

Crews were ventilating the area to remove the irritant around 2:30 p.m.

From Seattle Times May 16, 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

But Mr Gallagher said if there is evidence a tenant is not ventilating the home correctly, then the landlord may not be responsible.

From BBC Nov. 15, 2022

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

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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