ventilator
noun
a person or thing that ventilates.
ventilators
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pluralof ventilator.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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It's a mammoth task: The vast majority of the city's 20,500 licensed food carts -- selling pretzels, peanuts and ice cream -- rely on generators to power stoves, freezers and ventilators.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
Critical-minerals supply chains are far more complex than ventilators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Does she wonder how the people hospitalized on ventilators or who lost loved ones feel?
From Salon ● May 11, 2026
He said the ventilators had been provided during the Covid pandemic, but because of compatibility problems had never been used.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
And food had stopped coming in through the ventilators, and the days and nights were colder all the time.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
