Adjective
an open-air concert under the stars Noun
a family of city dwellers who can't wait to go camping in the open air
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Adjective
Federal agents swarmed a California park Wednesday as part of a sweeping operation targeting an infamous open-air drug market notorious for peddling fentanyl and methamphetamine.—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026 During the summer, the resort offers outdoor movie screening, open-air and aquatic exercise classes, as well as indoor and outdoor yoga and meditation.—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 May 2026
Noun
Outdoor cooking should always stay outdoors in fully open air, allowing plenty of room for gases to escape.—Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 30 Apr. 2026 The fleeting scene, captured by a motion‑sensitive camera, showed a young Sumatran orangutan pause at the forest’s edge, grip a rope with deliberate care and step out into open air.—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for open-air