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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

The system could eventually help ventilate greenhouses and other buildings without relying on fuel.

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

This ramification wraps around an inner structure, enabling cooling winds off the sea to ventilate the property.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2023

He began by advising her to moderate the rigor of her mourning, to ventilate the house, to forgive the world for the death of José Arcadio.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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

It runs richt into the top o’ the wall and ventilates the prison where the men sleep.

From The Spoilers of the Valley by Robert Watson

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

Nicaragua's Ministry of Health released an image of an emaciated Rivera lying in a hospital bed being ventilated via a tube through his neck.

From BBC ● May 31, 2026

The Calligraphy is a bower of abundance, where visitors can recline in plushly padded, heated and ventilated captain’s chairs, dressed in high-grade Nappa leather: the Relaxation Mode seating package.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

About midway down it, behind a barbed-wire fence, was one of the big fans that ventilated the mine.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

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

At fires, they’re responsible for search-and-rescue efforts, ventilating structures and reaching high windows.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 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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