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air filter

British

noun

another name for air cleaner

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Or that we must send our kids to crowded classrooms, but are not allowed to even donate an air filter to reduce our risk of life-changing infection.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2025

It’s also a good idea to keep an air filter by the door, where pollution, ash and other nasty stuff from the outside world enters, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2025

FFP3s are tight-fitting masks with a built-in air filter designed to block out tiny aerosol particles which can carry the virus.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2024

In addition, novel carbon removal options, such as air filter systems, or 'enhanced rock weathering', have hardly been promoted by politicians to date.

From Science Daily • May 3, 2024

In the laboratory, Mr. Loomis also had the world’s only radiation-proof suit, and he had the air filter and the water filter.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien

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