ventilate
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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
The system could eventually help ventilate greenhouses and other buildings without relying on fuel.
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
Organizers should also find ways to ventilate the event space, including, potentially, by reducing seat capacity.
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 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
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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
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
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
Washing hands regularly and ensuring indoor spaces are well ventilated helps, and we advise those who have symptoms and need to go out, to consider wearing a face covering in indoor public spaces.
From BBC ● Dec. 24, 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
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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
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
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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