1
as in unleashes
to find emotional release for
vented her anger and then quickly calmed down
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2
as in voices
to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)
vented his opinions freely and loudly at town meetings
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as in radiates
to throw or give off
a clothes dryer venting steam
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Recent Examples of vents
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
11 May 2026
His goodbye with Jimmy goes poorly, turning into a heated argument where Jimmy vents his frustration and hurt, feeling shut out and unappreciated by Paul.
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Allison Degrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Apr. 2026
My mom vents to me, my aunt asks me to intervene, and my grandmother just wants peace.
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Harriette Cole,
Mercury News,
16 Jan. 2026
At first, Maia vents her frustrations with her attention-seeking friend.
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Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
Back at home, Valerie vents to Mark about the tough position she’s been put in.
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Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
11 May 2026
His goodbye with Jimmy goes poorly, turning into a heated argument where Jimmy vents his frustration and hurt, feeling shut out and unappreciated by Paul.
—
Allison Degrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Apr. 2026
My mom vents to me, my aunt asks me to intervene, and my grandmother just wants peace.
—
Harriette Cole,
Mercury News,
16 Jan. 2026
At first, Maia vents her frustrations with her attention-seeking friend.
—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vents
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When the black hole feeds on gas, the object unleashes particles in the form of wind or jets that move at nearly the speed of light, traveling up to thousands of light-years into space.
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Directed by action veteran Kenji Tanigaki and produced by Bill Kong, the martial arts showcase stars Xie Miao as Wang Wei, an ordinary man who unleashes a relentless rampage against a powerful child trafficking syndicate after his daughter is kidnapped.
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In Wildwood, Clement voices the role of Roger Swindon, the manipulative right-hand man of South Wood governor Lars Svik.
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And Conan O’Brien voices a cheeky new character, a potty-training device named Smarty Pants.
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This way, the whole surface area of each droplet radiates away heat.
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The field absorbs solar radiation from the sun and radiates that heat back onto the pitch.
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Don't go into a basement, or any room, if water covers the electrical outlets or if cords are submerged.
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The podcasting industry's news and information outlets attract a far broader audience than just professionals, mirroring traditional entertainment media.
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Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street.
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The current agreement also releases billions of Iran's frozen funds held in overseas accounts in Qatar.
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Someone expresses displeasure, raises their voice slightly or applies the soft pressure of sustained silence, and the original position softens, shifts or vanishes entirely.
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Written in a style disarming and gently subversive, Slaughterhouse-Five expresses outrage at war that even now remains in opposition to conventional wisdom.
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Based on Harper Lee's seminal novel, the movie casts Gregory Peck as lawyer Atticus Finch, who in Depression-era Alabama defends a Black man wrongly accused of raping a young white woman.
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The mayor presides over City Council meetings, represents the city publicly and casts tie-breaking votes.
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Interviewers often leave meetings with random observations scribbled on a notepad.
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The comic was partially inspired by Tamaki’s observations of students during teaching at the New York City School of Visual Arts, or just small frustrations.
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“Vents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vents. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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