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Recent Examples of airless
The $97 million Carruthers mission carries two co-aligned ultraviolet imagers designed for simultaneous observations of Earth's exosphere, a tenuous cloud of hydrogen gas that fades into the airless void of outer space about halfway to the Moon.
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Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
The narrow lanes are waterlogged and airless, and here in India’s financial capital, a deadly disease is lurking at every door.
—CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2025
Amir and Miri share their memories of holing up in a lightless, airless concrete room with two children under the age of 5, trying desperately to remain quiet.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2025
Another study, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, highlights how Bennu's airless surface has been shaped by space weathering, including tiny micrometeorite impacts and the solar wind.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
The narrow lanes are waterlogged and airless, and here in India’s financial capital, a deadly disease is lurking at every door.
—CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2025
Amir and Miri share their memories of holing up in a lightless, airless concrete room with two children under the age of 5, trying desperately to remain quiet.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2025
Another study, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, highlights how Bennu's airless surface has been shaped by space weathering, including tiny micrometeorite impacts and the solar wind.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for airless
Adjective
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That includes places like the unventilated garage that Murray moved into with his oldest son.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
2 July 2025
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Officers there found three girls, 11 to 14, in an unventilated trailer after a passer-by noticed their fingers poking through slats in the door.—
Erin Alberty,
Axios,
10 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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For Perrie Edwards, the studio can be both a sanctuary and a suffocating cocoon.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
24 Sep. 2025
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Their pass rush is suffocating and multi-faceted — Andrew Van Ginkel and Jonathan Greenard alone might be dominant enough to make Minnesota a top-10 defense in spite of a less talented secondary.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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While this type of furniture can lend itself to a room feeling stiff and stuffy, The Douglas’ rooms feel lived in and inviting.—
Elliott Harrell,
Southern Living,
29 Sep. 2025
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Office chairs can so often feel stuffy and stiff, but in textured boucle?—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Week 5 was another breathless run.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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The headline is that Europe pulled off a stunning victory on foreign soil, a win that was at times breathtaking and breathless, exhilarating and excruciating in equal measure.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Airless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airless. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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