venting

verb

Definition of ventingnext
present participle of vent
1
as in unleashing
to find emotional release for vented her anger and then quickly calmed down

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2
as in voicing
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 radiating
to throw or give off a clothes dryer venting steam

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for venting
  1. unleashing
  2. voicing
  3. radiating
  4. releasing
  5. casting
  6. giving
  7. emitting
  8. stating
Verb
  • Those were the days that produced classic album after classic album, unleashing countless new ideas about art.
    Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Vogel has a way of unleashing climactic Bruckner rolls at ostensibly maximum volume and then making a crescendo in the final seconds.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of unleashing
Verb
  • Blue Ivy Carter, 12, also joined the film, voicing lioness cub Kiara.
    Shyla Watson, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
  • This fall, messages voicing support for Hamas have intensified on some campuses.
    DAN ROSENZWEIG-ZIFF THE WASHINGTON POST, arkansasonline.com, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of voicing
Verb
  • Another image, taken by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite, shows the heat signature radiating from the Reykjanes Peninsula around five hours after the eruption began—shining brighter even than the nearby capital city of Reykjavík.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
  • My generation was inspired by the revolutionary fervor radiating out of Iran that called for our people to take up arms against Israel and the West.
    Sheikh Abbas Al-Jawhari, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of radiating
Verb
  • Baker has been touring and releasing music solo since Boygenius went on a hiatus after announcing their final show in February.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Subramanian rejected the idea Combs be kept under house arrest at a home with a boat dock in Miami but seemed open to potentially releasing him to confinement with around-the-clock security at a three-bedroom apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
    Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of releasing
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  • Starr also recently let some casting news slip.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Ridley Scott may have inadvertently revealed some major casting news during a Q&A with Christopher Nolan last night in Los Angeles.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of casting
Verb
  • Additionally, giving yourself more options is an antidote to hopelessness.
    R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 11 Dec. 2024
  • In the meantime, Mangione will remain at State Correctional Institute Huntingdon giving prosecutors 30 days to obtain a governor’s warrant.
    Caitlyn Frolo, Baltimore Sun, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of giving
Verb
  • Plus, the lightweight formula sinks in quickly without emitting any offputting smells or leaving behind a tacky texture.
    Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Uranium is a radioactive element, meaning its atoms are unstable and decay over time, emitting ionizing radiation.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of emitting
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  • Another option suggests closing the case with a note acknowledging the conviction but stating he was never sentenced and his appeal remained unresolved due to presidential immunity.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Microsoft has officially denied these claims, stating that the Connected Experiences feature in Microsoft 365 apps does not use customer data for training AI.
    Gene Marks, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of stating
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