VENTILATES Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

ventilates

verb

present tense third-person singular of ventilate

as in expresses

to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion) a person who tends to ventilate opinions without first thinking them through

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Recent Examples of ventilates It’s filled with a cooling gel that ventilates body heat. — Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 30 Nov. 2025

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According to recent survey data from polling firm Forsa, merely 11% of the German public currently expresses satisfaction with his performance in office.

— , CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
Sharman jumped at the chance, was the good teammate and still expresses appreciation to Hawkins.

— Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2026

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Larson headlined the Apple TV+’s Lessons in Chemistry, earning Emmy, SAG, Critics Choice, and Golden Globe nominations, and voices Rosalina in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026
Vasarhelyi, seemingly a less hands-on presence in this project, voices a few more misgivings, at one stage pointedly asking her husband how many people who have previously been guests at their dinner table are now dead.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

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That behavior gives engineers a way to control how a material stores and releases electrical energy.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026
Most of those steps have been blocked by various courts, in part because the Constitution gives states and Congress the authority to set election rules, but provides no such power to the president.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of gives

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Nothing states that Sanon had any role in, or knowledge of, any loan application, loan proceeds or broker, his lawyers argue in the new filings.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026
The motion filed last week also states the captain has a history of serious abuse at other federal prisons.

— Jim DeFede, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026

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