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Recent Examples of dehumidify
To make your house a centipede-free zone, seal cracks to the outdoors, keep shoes off the floor, dehumidify the air, clean regularly, and reduce clutter.
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Christopher Bergland, Verywell Health, 10 Sep. 2024
Sinn’s proprietary aragon dehumidifying technology prevents fogging in case of moisture entering the case.
—Carol Besler, Robb Report, 22 July 2024
Humidity dominates The other issue is that much of the energy an air conditioning unit expends goes into dehumidifying the air — not just cooling it.
—Shannon Osaka, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
Despite its lightweight design, the portable machine can reduce the condensation of an 800-square-foot room and has a capacity to dehumidify 1 liter of water per day.
—Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 22 June 2024
This device also has both dehumidifying and humidifying capabilities as well.
—Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023
For a dehumidifier that is equipped to handle a variety of dehumidifying needs, consider this one from Midea.
—Jenna Clark, Southern Living, 31 July 2023
The dehumidifying process is fairly simple: A fan draws air in and passes it over a cooling coil.
—Jenna Clark, Southern Living, 31 July 2023
Others grew mold despite the staff’s best efforts to fend it off—which, when the papers are pulled from cold storage, requires some combination of freezing, dehumidifying, and physically removing spores.
—Megan Greenwell, WIRED, 27 June 2023
Christopher Bergland, Verywell Health, 10 Sep. 2024
Sinn’s proprietary aragon dehumidifying technology prevents fogging in case of moisture entering the case.
—Carol Besler, Robb Report, 22 July 2024
Humidity dominates The other issue is that much of the energy an air conditioning unit expends goes into dehumidifying the air — not just cooling it.
—Shannon Osaka, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
Despite its lightweight design, the portable machine can reduce the condensation of an 800-square-foot room and has a capacity to dehumidify 1 liter of water per day.
—Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 22 June 2024
This device also has both dehumidifying and humidifying capabilities as well.
—Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023
For a dehumidifier that is equipped to handle a variety of dehumidifying needs, consider this one from Midea.
—Jenna Clark, Southern Living, 31 July 2023
The dehumidifying process is fairly simple: A fan draws air in and passes it over a cooling coil.
—Jenna Clark, Southern Living, 31 July 2023
Others grew mold despite the staff’s best efforts to fend it off—which, when the papers are pulled from cold storage, requires some combination of freezing, dehumidifying, and physically removing spores.
—Megan Greenwell, WIRED, 27 June 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dehumidify
Verb
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The vacuum heats up to 140 degrees Fahrenheit to dry excess moisture, which can cause mold and mildew to grow.—
Maggie Horton,
People.com,
10 Feb. 2025
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However, dried lemon balm or tea bags may be more readily available.—
Johna Burdeos,
Health,
10 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The weather this year has also left abundant vegetation in the region that has desiccated in the warm, dry air.—
Umair Irfan,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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Santa Anas are those desiccating winds that occur commonly in winter, blowing out of Nevada and Utah and into southwestern California.—
Amy Graff,
New York Times,
19 Jan. 2025
Verb
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When you are dehydrated, the body’s blood is more concentrated because less water is circulating overall.—
Bryn Beeder,
The Conversation,
21 Jan. 2025
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Shane was recovering from a cold, and Ted was brutally dehydrated, having decided against lugging around a water bottle.—
Darryn King,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Los Angeles has received essentially no rainfall in over 10 months, with the driest start to a rainy season on record, parching soils and vegetation and setting the stage for extreme winds to intensify and spread the fires.—
Peter H. Gleick,
Scientific American,
24 Jan. 2025
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But leaders say traditional practices mitigated damage Jan. 19, 2025 An extreme lack of rain plays a major role in explaining Southern California’s fire woes, where vegetation is parched and flammable, making brush far more likely to turn into a spot fire should an ember land on it.—
Rong-Gong Lin II,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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