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- verb Present participle of
ventilate .
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Examples
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I say nothing about stoves, as I confess myself prejudiced against them, from the numerous fires they have occasioned; and I think open fireplaces not only safer and more agreeable, but much more conducive to health, as they aid in ventilating the apartments, and without a constant change of air there can be neither health nor happiness.
The Lady's Country Companion: or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally Jane 1845
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All he ends up ventilating is a stuffed lion that someone has on their desk (and don’t get me started about cubicle decorating) while Oracle shows that her head for numbers also extends to tactics …
Birds of Prey #111 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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Some of the grates known as ventilating grates dispose of one of the evils of the ordinary open fire, by reducing the amount of cold draught caused by the rush of air up the flues.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 Various
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Mulieris Dignitatem linked the post about sympathy for the idea of ventilating Sanford.
The Other McCain 2009
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A small grating high up in one wall spoke for some kind of ventilating system, a gutter along one side for some kind of drainage, but the filth and smell were indescribable.
The Saint in Action Charteris, Leslie 1937
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It's a certificate of completion for HVAC heating, ventilating and air conditioning repair.
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It's a certificate of completion for HVAC heating, ventilating and air conditioning repair.
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Since 1984, the mine had been cited for 600 violations in less than a year and a half, some of them for not properly ventilating methane, the same combustible gas suspected in the explosion, according to the AP.
Allison Kilkenny: Capitalism didn't save the miners Allison Kilkenny 2010
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The White House was first lit by gas in 1848, and a system of heating and ventilating was installed in 1853.
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There was no ventilating system whatsoever in the mine.
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