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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Her promise expresses, in some way, her kinship with her unmarried aunt, who didn’t trade her own freedom for a set of good knives.

— Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026
Payne, a close graduate school friend who previously spoke with Fox News Digital, shares new photos of Brooke from their grad school years and expresses growing frustration over the lack of progress in the investigation nearly two months later.

— Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026

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At Comic-Con, Dinniman hosted two panels alongside Jeff Hays, who voices more than 200 zany characters in the audiobook versions of the novels.

— Angelique Jackson, Variety, 28 July 2026
Or when a culturally conservative player/podcaster, Sophie Cunningham, voices her opinion on trans athletes.

— Candace Buckner, New York Times, 27 July 2026

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British Columbia Emergency Management Minister Kelly Greene said the state of emergency gives the province additional powers, including the ability to restrict travel and secure accommodations for evacuees that might otherwise be unavailable.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
Legal experts say four pending federal cases — one of them filed last week — are moving forward at a time when the conservative majority on the Supreme Court gives opponents of citizen suits a greater chance than ever of success.

— Michael Phillis, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026

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The statute states that refreshments or food with a value up to $5 consumed on the premises of a public or private gathering is exempt.

— Aki Nace, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
But Hisense states that the DV2 update rollout will need to continue for weeks before every compatible TV in every region of the world gets it.

— John Archer, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

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