dehumidify

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Recent Examples of dehumidify The main problem with turning off your AC in the warmer months is excessive humidity, as your HVAC system is responsible for dehumidifying the air in your home. Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Aug. 2025 These fans can often be found in places where air movement is especially important for dehumidifying because of heat- and moisture-producing activities like cooking and showering. Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 17 July 2025 Use both the heater and air conditioning: the warm air helps melt the ice, while the AC dehumidifies the air to prevent fogging. Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 20 Jan. 2025 To make your house a centipede-free zone, seal cracks to the outdoors, keep shoes off the floor, dehumidify the air, clean regularly, and reduce clutter. Christopher Bergland, Verywell Health, 10 Sep. 2024 Sinn’s proprietary aragon dehumidifying technology prevents fogging in case of moisture entering the case. Carol Besler, Robb Report, 22 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dehumidify
Verb
  • The material is a durable 70-denier nylon taffeta that’s supremely soft, breathable, cooling, and quick-drying.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Recharge the balls by washing them in a mesh bag on a delicate cycle, then air-dry or run them through a drying cycle on high heat.
    Lauren David, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The authors argue that those features, the intact, hyper-flexed skeletons and the absence of the disarticulation expected after ordinary decay, indicate bodies had been desiccated before burial rather than interred as fresh cadavers.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Any cell drifting in the skies is blasted with UV rays and desiccated.
    Katherine Bourzac, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Alcohol Alcohol is drying and has dehydrating effects.
    Lauren O'Connor, Health, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Midday is generally not recommended for cutting flowers because the higher temperatures and intense sunlight can cause the flowers to dehydrate and wilt quickly.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Our Top Clay Masks On top of the type of clay, today’s formulas are far less likely to leave your skin parched.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The landscape around him was parched and coated in a layer of pale-green mesquite, the vast horizon punctuated by oil pumps, processing tanks, and natural-gas flares.
    Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025

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“Dehumidify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dehumidify. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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