1
as in unleashes
to find emotional release for
vented her anger and then quickly calmed down
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2
as in voices
to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)
vented his opinions freely and loudly at town meetings
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3
as in radiates
to throw or give off
a clothes dryer venting steam
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Recent Examples of vents
Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 11 May 2026
His goodbye with Jimmy goes poorly, turning into a heated argument where Jimmy vents his frustration and hurt, feeling shut out and unappreciated by Paul.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Apr. 2026
My mom vents to me, my aunt asks me to intervene, and my grandmother just wants peace.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2026
At first, Maia vents her frustrations with her attention-seeking friend.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
Back at home, Valerie vents to Mark about the tough position she’s been put in.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 11 May 2026
His goodbye with Jimmy goes poorly, turning into a heated argument where Jimmy vents his frustration and hurt, feeling shut out and unappreciated by Paul.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Apr. 2026
My mom vents to me, my aunt asks me to intervene, and my grandmother just wants peace.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2026
At first, Maia vents her frustrations with her attention-seeking friend.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vents
Verb
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When the black hole feeds on gas, the object unleashes particles in the form of wind or jets that move at nearly the speed of light, traveling up to thousands of light-years into space.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
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Directed by action veteran Kenji Tanigaki and produced by Bill Kong, the martial arts showcase stars Xie Miao as Wang Wei, an ordinary man who unleashes a relentless rampage against a powerful child trafficking syndicate after his daughter is kidnapped.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
15 June 2026
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Neil Fanning voices the titular Great Dane, Shaggy's Scooby-snack-loving partner in crime, in both Scooby-Doo live-action films.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 June 2026
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The outro repeatedly voices a darker anxiety.—
Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
Verb
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The field absorbs solar radiation from the sun and radiates that heat back onto the pitch.—
Conor O'Neill,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
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Heat radiates from the pages of this extraordinary novel about a poor family in rural Mississippi in the days leading up to Hurricane Katrina.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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But Tennie has the rare bragging rights of being seen on three different shows on three different outlets (Apple TV, HBO Max and ABC) at the same time.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
12 June 2026
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As more and more outlets pick up the footage Daniel has protected throughout the movie, there are glimpses of spaceships falling through the sky and their wreckage.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
12 June 2026
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The team also built a version of the microbe that releases human IL-10.—
Samantha Agate,
Charlotte Observer,
16 June 2026
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Pappalardo said the staying power of the gains will ultimately be tested as the company releases quarterly earnings reports, beginning with an initial disclosure in six to eight weeks.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
16 June 2026
Verb
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Kantor expresses an empathy for young people that the more callous of this year’s graduation speakers seemed to lack.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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Potential for harm The executive order expresses concern about AI systems that can discover software vulnerabilities and write malicious code to exploit them.—
Anjana Susarla,
The Conversation,
12 June 2026
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The injury casts doubt on her availability for Wimbledon.—
Adam Zagoria,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Jupiter — the king of the planets — casts a warm light to the left, accompanied by a line of bright star-like objects that represent the gas giant's four large Galilean moons.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
9 June 2026
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The observations suggest that the planet's evening terminator — the region rotating out of daylight — is hotter than its morning counterpart.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
16 June 2026
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An iconic panoramic view of the Andromeda Galaxy that Hubble captured, for instance, was a mosaic stitched together from more than 400 observations.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
15 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Vents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vents. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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