ventilate
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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
“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
This ramification wraps around an inner structure, enabling cooling winds off the sea to ventilate the property.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 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
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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
Much food in a dining-car clogs the system and ventilates the pocketbook, so to speak.
From Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls by Julia Augusta Schwartz
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
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
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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
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
“Mister,” he said, “you don’t need no ventilating holes in that there door.”
From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater
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