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ventilate

[ven-tl-eyt] / ˈvɛn tlˌeɪt /


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"They are asking estate agents very practical questions about temperatures during the last heatwave, whether it is possible to ventilate the home at night, and whether people sleep well in the bedrooms," he said.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

In the future, the technology could help ventilate greenhouses or residential buildings without conventional energy sources.

From Science Daily Feb. 27, 2026

Specially-trained firefighters carried out a "systematic sweep" of the property to detect any hazardous materials and ventilate the scene.

From BBC Oct. 28, 2025

After turning off the burners and opening windows to ventilate the apartment, the team contacted firefighters and stayed with the woman until they arrived.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2025

After a couple of years, the Captain raised Dad to section foreman, taught him how to lead men and operate and ventilate a mine, and instilled in him a vision of the town.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

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

This Cleansing Breath ventilates and cleanses the lungs, stimulates the cells and gives a general tone to the respiratory organs, and is conducive to their general healthy condition.

From The Hindu-Yogi Science Of Breath by William Walker Atkinson

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

Stefan Merriweather, the chain’s creative director, said the layout creates more space, light and flexibility—and bathroom odors are better ventilated.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 20, 2026

Dr McCartney says you can also reduce your risk of colds by being in well ventilated spaces and washing your hands regularly and properly.

From BBC Nov. 21, 2025

The extreme heat in my poorly ventilated room woke me in the middle of the night.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

These include ventilating your kitchen when cooking by opening you windows, using air purifiers and using exhaust fans that move the air to the outdoors.

From BBC May 26, 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

“I am conscious that what we say in ventilating this motion may further add to what are already high levels of anger in certain quarters of our society,” he said.

From Seattle Times Dec. 5, 2021

With the hook stuck in one of the ventilating holes in the top of my light, I lifted it back out on the ice and set it down.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls




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