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air well

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noun

  1. a ventilating shaft in a building.


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Even just opening the windows and turning on an air-conditioning system can “substantially decrease the amount of virus in the air well over 50%,” Chan said.

From Los Angeles Times May 2, 2022

It has helped keep planes in the air, well over a billion automobiles on the roads and plastics in the kitchen — the underpinnings of the contemporary economy.

From Washington Post Apr. 26, 2022

Once known as simply a player that scored around the basket, he had the confidence to leave his wrist in the air well after he took the shot.

From Fox News Mar. 9, 2022

He also has instincts and plays the ball in the air well.

From Chicago Tribune Apr. 17, 2011

Between the supports set an iron vessel—build your hickory smoke-fires in it, smothering them carefully, and letting the smoke, with a sufficiency of air, well up, through barrel, hogshead, etc.

From Dishes & Beverages of the Old South by McCulloch-Williams, Martha

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