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Recent Examples of airless
And just like Rue’s transformation into an AR-15 salesperson, so much of this early phase of Euphoria’s return feels completely airless.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026
Your rightness would earn you a compressed, airless, spiky situation, like the one your parents had.
—Addie Citchens, New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2026
Whereas Mercury, a practically airless world, achieves temperatures that rise up to 427 °C (800 °F) in full Sun while its night side can plummet to as low as -180 °C (-290 °F), Venus consistently remains between 440–480 °C (820–900 °F).
—Big Think, 5 Feb. 2026
Carrasquel recommends using an airless paint sprayer as the fastest way to cover very large areas.
—Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 29 Dec. 2025
Is anyone else getting a little tired of airless prestige horror?
—Anastasia Sanger, Glamour, 22 Dec. 2025
Within this narrow range, the singers created an airless intimacy where adjacent tones clanged sharply against one another.
—Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 21 Dec. 2025
The team designed a soft, airless wheel that features elastic steel strips in a woven, crossed-helical pattern.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 17 Dec. 2025
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.
—Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026
Your rightness would earn you a compressed, airless, spiky situation, like the one your parents had.
—Addie Citchens, New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2026
Whereas Mercury, a practically airless world, achieves temperatures that rise up to 427 °C (800 °F) in full Sun while its night side can plummet to as low as -180 °C (-290 °F), Venus consistently remains between 440–480 °C (820–900 °F).
—Big Think, 5 Feb. 2026
Carrasquel recommends using an airless paint sprayer as the fastest way to cover very large areas.
—Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 29 Dec. 2025
Is anyone else getting a little tired of airless prestige horror?
—Anastasia Sanger, Glamour, 22 Dec. 2025
Within this narrow range, the singers created an airless intimacy where adjacent tones clanged sharply against one another.
—Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 21 Dec. 2025
The team designed a soft, airless wheel that features elastic steel strips in a woven, crossed-helical pattern.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 17 Dec. 2025
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.
—Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 24 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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Georgia will surely be ready and focused on its home floor following two consecutive losses, but Bucky Ball and its suffocating style from a fresh A&M team will be too much for the Bulldogs.—
Tony Catalina,
Austin American Statesman,
30 Jan. 2026
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Justin Edmonds / Getty Images Darnold, Mike Macdonald and a suffocating defense have led the Seahawks to the big stage for the fourth time in franchise history.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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But this isn’t stuffy butler service; instead, expect personable servers and wait staff who still anticipate your every needs, but who do it with a charming touch.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Apr. 2026
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Elizabeth lived in a small, stuffy room with no window to the outside.—
Marcy Thompson,
Scientific American,
16 Apr. 2026
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Ford’s airtight thriller marks some of the finest work done by those on either side of the camera, blending breathless thrills and effortless character work.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Apr. 2026
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After police arrived, the family’s breathless au pair shared a harrowing story with them outside in the driveway.—
Dateline NBC,
NBC news,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Airless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airless. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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