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ventilate

[ven-tl-eyt] / ˈvɛn tlˌeɪt /


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

From Science Daily Feb. 27, 2026

Dry clothes outdoors if you can, rather than using a tumble dryer, or hang clothes indoors but ventilate well or use a dehumidifier to avoid damp.

From BBC Aug. 27, 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

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

“The fireplace used up all the oxygen. I’ve got to ventilate this place.”

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

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

Then the cocks are shut and the oven is allowed to stand closed up for ten minutes, in which time it ventilates itself, and the heat spreads over it.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883 by Various

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

Plus, the standard Model Y covers up Tesla’s usual panoramic glass roof with a fabric headliner, and neither model comes with ventilated front seats.

From MarketWatch Oct. 13, 2025

"There simply are no easy answers and we look forward to all of the complexities being fully ventilated in this module," she said.

From BBC Oct. 2, 2025

A 1905 State Prison Improvement Commission found the cells damp, too small, and badly ventilated, concluding, “verily, this is far worse than living in a sewer.”

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

These are necessary for ventilating certain rooms, like your kitchen and bathroom.

From BBC Nov. 23, 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

It’s why health officials have encouraged the use of masks and ventilating spaces, instead of focusing on advice to wipe down surfaces as they did early on.

From Seattle Times Mar. 9, 2022

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

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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