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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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Doors and windows were locked, producing a suffocating effect in the hot weather.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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For Perrie Edwards, the studio can be both a sanctuary and a suffocating cocoon.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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When the air turns crisp in fall and winter, the dryness indoors can sneak up on you — and so can flaky skin, a scratchy throat, and stuffy sinuses (not to mention allergens).—
Jeaneen Russell,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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In hopes of bolstering George’s chances and briefly escaping the stuffy confines of married life, Hedda decides to throw a shindig announcing the couple’s return from their honeymoon.—
Abby Monteil,
Them.,
28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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As a sleazy, lecherous publicist pinned in a Manhattan phone booth by a faceless sniper on the other end of the line, Farrell goes from smug condescension to breathless victimhood pretty effortlessly.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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Despite breathless news coverage about the possibility, their comments during weekend TV interviews barely moved the needle.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Airless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airless. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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