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as in to expel
to let or force out of the lungs
before answering, the suspect exhaled a cloud of cigarette smoke
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as in to radiate
to throw or give off
the lilacs were exhaling a sweet fragrance that virtually filled the room
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Recent Examples of exhale
Breathe in for a count of four, hold for four, and exhale for four.
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Robyn Koslowitz, Parents, 19 Sep. 2025
Voices gasped, exhaled for a beat, then rose up in screams of horror.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Hold each other’s hands and inhale slowly for 4 seconds, hold for 7 and exhale for 8 seconds together.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Whatever irrigates the imagination and allows the soul to exhale.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
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Robyn Koslowitz, Parents, 19 Sep. 2025
Voices gasped, exhaled for a beat, then rose up in screams of horror.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Hold each other’s hands and inhale slowly for 4 seconds, hold for 7 and exhale for 8 seconds together.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Whatever irrigates the imagination and allows the soul to exhale.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exhale
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The name Jesus in Hebrew is Joshua—the name of Moses’s successor, who conquered the land of Israel in ancient times and set up an independent Jewish state, expelling and defeating his enemies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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And in the worst case scenarios, their child might be expelled from their child care.—
Beki San Martin,
Freep.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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The series radiates warmth, celebrates flawed but generally well-meaning people—particularly men—coming together to learn how to show themselves and those around them the love everyone deserves.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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The stars will all burn out; the corpses of these stars will radiate all their heat away and cool to absolute zero; the stellar remnants will gravitationally interact, ejecting the majority of objects into intergalactic space, while the few remaining black holes grow to enormous sizes.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
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Terman says some models of light boxes sold online are either too small or don't emit enough bright light.—
Allison Aubrey,
NPR,
29 Sep. 2025
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Researchers at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA (CNSI) have developed a new light-emitting material that’s flexible, durable, and cheap to produce.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Sep. 2025
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Viewers may cast up to 10 votes per voting method, with a maximum of 20 votes per couple each week.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Ellis has been cast as Bill Gibson, a charismatic, successful investment banker who is admired for being his firm’s highest-earning managing director.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
24 Sep. 2025
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Baker escorted Skeet to Winkler County jail where he was booked and released on $20,000 bail.—
Mitch Moxley,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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Both were in theatres for only a week or so, before being released on the platform.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025
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In 2021, a team of scientists claimed the amount of methane emanating from Enceladus’ plumes raises the possibility that life exists in the moon’s subsurface ocean.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Sep. 2025
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They’re called the Orionids because the meteors appear to emanate from the general direction of the constellation Orion but will appear all over the sky.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
28 Sep. 2025
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State fairs of today share the same elements, but have evolved into something like pop-up theme parks.—
Ayana Archie,
NPR,
27 Sep. 2025
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But still reflecting your questions back, shaped by them, evolving in their presence.—
Gary Greenberg,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Exhale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exhale. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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