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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
ventilate .
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Examples
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In addition, a small filtration and energy-recovery system ventilates passive houses and heats cool air pulled in from outside.
Getting Active With Passive Houses Anne Miller 2011
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Here we show, through the analysis of long hydrographic records, that the system of overflow and entrainment that ventilates the deep Atlantic has steadily changed over the past four decades.
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"Always," replies the Brit, as a sniper's bullet ventilates his skull.
'Safe House': Familiar Blueprint, Despite Denzel John Anderson 2012
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Their shrill spat ventilates this pallidly perfect room: reality takes over when the expensive lies of the beauty industry break down.
The big picture: models in Charles James gowns, New York, 1948 2010
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When Hera tells her “Bye-bye,” and begins running toward Six (just like in the visions) Athena ventilates the Six.
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Her column epitomizes conservative conspiracy thinking and ventilates her views rather deftly (does anyone think that Palin actually wrote it?).
Jacob Heilbrunn: Why the Washington Post Was Right to Publish Sarah Palin 2009
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Local residents, who say they've suffered from rampant respiratory ailments for years, believe that the flu virus originated at the Smithfield facility, which continually ventilates its air to the community and stores hundreds of millions of gallons of liquefied pig manure.
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Now everyone ventilates his or her ideas on the internet, to which all others are responding back and forth - the amount of communication taking place grows exponentially.
Politics 2.0 glyn moody 2008
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The dual purpose of the chimney is to house apartments and provide a natural thermal draw that ventilates the living spaces and ground floor retail spaces.
Coal Fired Power Plant Turned “Eco-Dome” in London | Inhabitat 2008
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But nevertheless, moisture is a major concern since there is no “winter” when the air dries out and central heating ventilates the home with a very dry heat for months on end to dry out most dampness at least once a year.
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