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Recent Examples of aerate
Strengthen the lawn September is prime time to reseed bare spots, treat grub damage, aerate, and fertilize.
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Brendel Clark, Freep.com, 25 Sep. 2025
The latex is aerated with holes, which helps an already breathable material stay cooler.
—Julia Forbes, Wired News, 20 Sep. 2025
Aeration and filtration unit While standard pour-and-serve decanters rely on their surface areas to aerate your wine, some decanters include separate aeration and filtration units to speed up the process.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
In a final step, the tequila is aerated before bottling which the brand says enhances the mouthfeel.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 29 Apr. 2025
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Brendel Clark, Freep.com, 25 Sep. 2025
The latex is aerated with holes, which helps an already breathable material stay cooler.
—Julia Forbes, Wired News, 20 Sep. 2025
Aeration and filtration unit While standard pour-and-serve decanters rely on their surface areas to aerate your wine, some decanters include separate aeration and filtration units to speed up the process.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
In a final step, the tequila is aerated before bottling which the brand says enhances the mouthfeel.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aerate
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Japanese maple trees can also be planted in a container filled with a quality potting mix augmented with compost and sharp sand.—
Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Nov. 2025
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Intelligent machines augment intelligent humans, driving a geometric expansion of what humans can do.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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The committee approved Lucas’s amendment and approved the recommendation to increase funding for the temporary jail.—
Ben Wheeler,
Kansas City Star,
7 Jan. 2026
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Iwobi’s movement drags Ladislav Krejci wider, increasing the space between the lines and creating a clear passing angle for Calvin Bassey.—
Ahmed Walid,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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The researchers emphasized that policy support is crucial for accelerating this transition and building a robust recycling system.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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Business leaders say that such policies risk accelerating an exodus of companies, diminishing the city’s commercial tax base, and ultimately affecting services and jobs essential to millions of New Yorkers.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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Regular honey is processed by filtration and heating, which removes or inactivates many of the beneficial compounds in honey, but clarifies it and prolongs its shelf life.—
Angela Ryan Lee,
Verywell Health,
6 Nov. 2025
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Those wins may cause Democrats to dig their heels in even more, potentially prolonging the shutdown.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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The problem is amplified both because Musk pitches his chatbot as an edgier alternative to rivals with more safeguards, and because Grok’s images are publicly visible, and can therefore be easily spread.—
Boston Herald Wire Services,
Boston Herald,
6 Jan. 2026
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Those layered inequities can amplify doubt, silence concerns and delay meaningful conversations about whether care is actually working, even as symptoms persist.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
6 Jan. 2026
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Through the partnership with Prince Hall and the Unity Grand Chapter, Nash said his church was able to multiply its efforts to help the community.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Players can multiply non-jackpot wins up to 10 times when the jackpot is $150 million or less.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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The soil is warming, days are lengthening, and new roots have months to establish before winter.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Nov. 2025
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Intuitive Machines believes this system will degrade more slowly, lengthening operational lifespans.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
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Their processes—which involved adjusting tones and colors, as well as doubling, elongating, or solarizing images—gave their photographs a sharp, often startling edge.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
8 Nov. 2025
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Political action committees have circulated push polls falsely suggesting Mamdani intends to make halal mandatory, and attack ads have darkened and elongated his beard to evoke the visual coding of menace.—
Faisal Kutty,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Aerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aerate. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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