Example Sentences

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"We don't have coolers or air-conditioners," she said.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Sabyasachi Gupta of Godrej Enterprises said the tax cuts coupled with a good harvest could go some way in expanding the market for discretionary goods like air-conditioners beyond the metro cities.

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2025

Films often use shots of grain-feeding pigeons to evoke cities like Mumbai and Delhi, where the birds are a familiar presence on balconies and air-conditioners.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2025

The cost of heat pumps, which can heat and cool homes more efficiently than typical furnaces and air-conditioners, varies but an average installation costs $16,000.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2024

Sometimes as much as forty feet long, they have two to five rooms, and are complete with air-conditioners, toilets, baths, and invariably television.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck