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ventilate

[ven-tl-eyt] / 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

You want to validate their experiences, and you want them to ventilate about what they went through.

From Salon Mar. 28, 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

Speech ventilates our intellectual fire; Speech burnishes our mental magazine; Brightens, for ornament; and whets, for use.

From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Edward Young

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

In other words, someone who has gotten really attached to their ventilated seats is willing to spend a bit more for that familiar comfort.

From MarketWatch Oct. 13, 2025

We are safe, well ventilated, and incubated, provided we can avoid technologies that might fiddle with that ozone, or shift the levels of carbon dioxide.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

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

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

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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