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air-con

British  
/ ˈɛəˌkɒn /

noun

  1. informal air conditioning

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Before air-con, mental concentration and with it the quality of work deteriorated as the day got hotter and more humid.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Britain is hotting up - but is home air-con the answer?

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

Currently the country has a low take-up, with only 25% of households equipped with an air-con unit.

From BBC Jun. 24, 2026

Until then Ms Mahapatra advises consumers to dispose of their air-con devices through recycling centres so the HFC inside can be properly reused or destroyed.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2025

"That way your air-con system is less likely to be a source of infection and irritation and more likely to actually make the air cleaner."

From BBC Aug. 31, 2025

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