1
as in unleashing
to find emotional release for
vented her anger and then quickly calmed down
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2
as in voicing
to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)
vented his opinions freely and loudly at town meetings
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3
as in radiating
to throw or give off
a clothes dryer venting steam
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Recent Examples of venting
At the Australian Open, Broomfield, now an influencer and model, posted a video, venting her frustrations.
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Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
The young people who shared these experiences typically were venting their feelings, asking questions or seeking support.
—Laura Schwab Reese, The Conversation, 2 Sep. 2025
In the finale, an upset Will confides in his wife, Haley (Zoë Soul), venting about his dad shutting down the project and his own uncertainty about the future.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Firefighters eventually brought the blaze under control with an exterior attack that involved venting the roof.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 19 Aug. 2025
The first season had a running gag where Will was constantly venting his anger by knocking over the many scooters littering the sidewalks of Los Angeles; this year, his technological targets are delivery robots.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025
Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
The young people who shared these experiences typically were venting their feelings, asking questions or seeking support.
—Laura Schwab Reese, The Conversation, 2 Sep. 2025
In the finale, an upset Will confides in his wife, Haley (Zoë Soul), venting about his dad shutting down the project and his own uncertainty about the future.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Firefighters eventually brought the blaze under control with an exterior attack that involved venting the roof.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 19 Aug. 2025
The first season had a running gag where Will was constantly venting his anger by knocking over the many scooters littering the sidewalks of Los Angeles; this year, his technological targets are delivery robots.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for venting
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Alexander currently leads Missouri with 69 total points and 60 digs while unleashing 158 total attacks in 2025.—
Brady Shanahan,
Kansas City Star,
9 Sep. 2025
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Amplified by rapid technological advances, directly funding patients and unleashing all providers to competition can organically create affordable, flexible, sustainable, and dynamic access that rural Amercians truly need.—
Ge Bai,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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After twenty years of voicing a beloved cartoon capybara, a Black actor undergoes vocal surgery to escape the character that defines — and confines — her.—
Kirsten Chuba,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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Another man was jailed in July for voicing support for the militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah on social media.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
3 Sep. 2025
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Randi Ellis can remember the sounds radiating from the family’s garage early each morning.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
30 Aug. 2025
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Friday night, Boone pulled out every trick in his repertoire, radiating with the intensity of a vaudeville-era star playing to the cheapest seats in the house.—
Ross Raihala,
Twin Cities,
23 Aug. 2025
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Add the mushrooms and garlic and cook for 5 more minutes, or until the mushrooms are soft and releasing liquid.—
Robin Miller,
AZCentral.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Since launch, Firaxis has been releasing patches and responding to player feedback about some of the divisive changes.—
Samuel Axon,
ArsTechnica,
5 Sep. 2025
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Carpenter, 26, began her speech thanking the VMAs and expressing her appreciation to her fans for listening to her music.—
Marina Watts,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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While Schneider was expressing his feelings about the unknown state of Judge’s normally rocket arm, the Yankees seemed weary about answering these kind of inquiries.—
Larry Fleisher,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Jenkins, a former Brevard County school board member and speech pathologist, released a launch video casting herself as a fighter for working families, drawing on her own experience working multiple jobs to make ends meet.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Sep. 2025
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Laura Lee Yourex, 62, of Costa Mesa, was charged with five felonies, including perjury, procuring or offering a false or forged document to be filed, casting a ballot when not entitled to vote and registering a non-existent person to vote.—
Riley Hoffman,
ABC News,
10 Sep. 2025
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The European Commission said Google favored its own online display services, giving its ad exchange, AdX, a central role in the adtech supply chain.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Sep. 2025
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The YouTube cameras caught Kelce giving some tough love to Taylor, which involved a small head-butt and loud words.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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Lo and behold, over those same time periods where the Sun was emitting no gamma-rays at all, the Moon didn’t just show up in Compton’s data, but appeared incredibly bright to Compton’s eyes.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
4 Sep. 2025
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An artist's concept of the Sun emitting solar flares.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Venting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/venting. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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