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ventilate

[ven-tl-ayt] / 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

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

While triple glazing could well become standard in the future, he adds that people must also properly ventilate their homes, to reduce condensation and damp, especially when retrofitting or sealing up older properties.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 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

All this I saw peeping through a sort of meat-safe which ventilates the top of the cabin, and very happy and hot did the people seem below.

From Little Travels and Roadside Sketches by William Makepeace Thackeray

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 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

Homeowners say their builders have made mistakes as they attempt to put up homes as quickly and cheaply as possible, installing improperly sized HVACs, putting in windows incorrectly, or poorly ventilating attics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

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

From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2023

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

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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