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Recent Examples of aerate
Turning the pile aerates the compost and helps with the decomposition process.
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Lauren David, Southern Living, 20 Nov. 2024
Cicadas can aerate lawns and improve water filtration into the ground.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 20 Nov. 2024
Seabirds crowded each other off slippery ledges, while waves aerated themselves hundreds of feet below.
—Steven Potter, Outside Online, 19 Nov. 2024
Although there are machines that can aerate your grass, this simple tool gets the job done for a much less expensive price of $32 at Amazon.
—Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2024
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Lauren David, Southern Living, 20 Nov. 2024
Cicadas can aerate lawns and improve water filtration into the ground.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 20 Nov. 2024
Seabirds crowded each other off slippery ledges, while waves aerated themselves hundreds of feet below.
—Steven Potter, Outside Online, 19 Nov. 2024
Although there are machines that can aerate your grass, this simple tool gets the job done for a much less expensive price of $32 at Amazon.
—Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aerate
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The planets and zodiac signs each carry meanings, which are augmented by their relations to each other on a horoscope.Michelle Aroney and David Zeitlyn, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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New and existing funding opportunities from the U.S. National Science Foundation can especially augment Tech Hub resources to ensure workforce needs are met and that opportunity is maximized.Shalin Jyotishi, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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Share [Findings] The presence of a professional sports team increases a city’s seasonal flu deaths.Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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A couple of trees had been cut down recently, either to increase the visibility of the stones, or to improve security.Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
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Red Flag Warning Will Remain Until Friday Evening As Blazes Burn More Than 2,000 Structures Google’s Gmail Upgrade—Do Not Lose Your Account The emergence of cloud-native architectures further accelerated this transformation.Srikanta Datta, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Nearly three years after Russia’s full-scale invasion, the war is accelerating Ukraine’s rapid depopulation, exacerbating a demographic crisis that has been deepening for three decades.Howard LaFranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Jan. 2025
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Layer it with Byredo’s Gypsy Water to amplify its woody undertones, or pair it with Le Labo’s Vanille 44 for a cozy, sweet embrace that feels perfect for winter evenings.Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 10 Jan. 2025
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The venue itself amplified the significance of the moment.Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
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The actors, who met while making the 2005 action film Mr. and Mrs. Smith, were eventually declared legally single by a judge in 2019 as the divorce and custody battle prolonged.Benjamin VanHoose, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024
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The country’s new leaders must recognize that a failure to meet the international community’s expectations of political reform and transparency risks prolonging the country’s exclusion, deepening its instability, and exacerbating the humanitarian crisis.Karam Shaar, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2024
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This indirect strategy multiplied Iranian impact throughout the region while allowing Tehran to avoid or at least minimize direct retaliation.Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 6 Jan. 2025
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This can cause bacteria like Salmonella to multiply rapidly, leading to foodborne illnesses if consumed.Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2025
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The speaker election is often a formality, with one simple round of voting, but in 2023, a pair of prolonged elections, in January and October, lengthened the usually quick process.Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Dec. 2024
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Brunson and Towns are confounding opposing defenses in two-man action, and this starting lineup can comfortably go five out to lengthen and distort the floor.Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 25 Dec. 2024
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Robert was keen to have Bill’s fingers elongated as much as possible before becoming unusable from a practical standpoint.William Earl, Variety, 2 Jan. 2025
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White would elongate the top of Skarsgård’s head by an inch to help give a sense of length and elegance to his look while also adding a strong jawline and chin.Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Aerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aerate. Accessed 14 Jan. 2025.
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