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Recent Examples of aerate
Don't Aerate or Remove Thatch Winter is not the time to aerate the lawn or attempt to remove thatch.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2025
Your lawn provides several cues about when to aerate.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2025
Strengthen the lawn September is prime time to reseed bare spots, treat grub damage, aerate, and fertilize.
—Brendel Clark, Freep.com, 25 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
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2025
Your lawn provides several cues about when to aerate.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2025
Strengthen the lawn September is prime time to reseed bare spots, treat grub damage, aerate, and fertilize.
—Brendel Clark, Freep.com, 25 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aerate
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This innovative approach not only speeds the design process but also frees up designers to focus on more creative tasks, demonstrating how AI can be used as a tool to augment human creativity rather than replace it.—
Li Jun,
Footwear News,
11 Jan. 2026
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Powell levels could be augmented by Upper Basin contributions to protect infrastructure.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
AZCentral.com,
10 Jan. 2026
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Hadi of the weather service said those increasing winds could create hazardous marine conditions in South Florida, so swimmers and boaters should stay aware.—
Sofia Saric,
Miami Herald,
14 Jan. 2026
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The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has pushed back the start date of the new Clean Heat Standard (CHS) – a regulatory scheme that increases costs for natural gas, propane and oil providers to support state climate goals – back two years to 2028.—
Tim Dunn,
Boston Herald,
14 Jan. 2026
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The race to commercialize perovskite technology has accelerated rapidly in recent years.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Jan. 2026
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The transfer portal, which opened Friday, allows programs to accelerate the rebuilding process and replace departing players — more than 20 in Florida’s case.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Jan. 2026
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The hardy parasite is also highly attuned to threats and responds with formidable defense mechanisms — prolonging a treatment process that’s already months to years long and often fraught with other hurdles and pain.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
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Humans who have prolonged close contact with sick or dead birds infected with HPAI are the most at risk of becoming infected.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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The event typically gathers about 100 attendees, many with strong social media followings, who use their digital platforms to amplify it and spread the word on the relevance of tailoring today.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
13 Jan. 2026
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What’s more, this formal ingenuity never distracts from the emotional intensity of the story but, rather, amplifies its force by simultaneously compressing and expanding the action.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2026
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Lovimag Strong Magnetic Hooks 12-pack On a cruise, paper seems to multiply overnight—from daily activity schedules to reservation slips and excursion details.—
Kristine Hansen,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Jan. 2026
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Pay an additional $1 to add the Power Play for a chance to multiply all Powerball winnings except for the jackpot.—
Chris Sims,
IndyStar,
12 Jan. 2026
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The strands just brush her brows in the center and gradually lengthen towards the sides to blend in with the rest of her hair.—
María Munsuri,
Glamour,
6 Jan. 2026
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The Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA) sets rules for how defendants can use classified evidence in court and can lengthen the pretrial process.—
Joe Hernandez,
NPR,
6 Jan. 2026
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Featuring a high-rise waistband and leg-elongating straight-leg fit, the bottoms are oh-so-flattering.—
Kyra Surgent,
InStyle,
11 Jan. 2026
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This damages the trunk and leaves an ugly, elongated canker that invites insects and stresses the tree, leading to stunted growth, sparse foliage, and stem dieback.—
Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Aerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aerate. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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