the open air
noun
: a location not in a building : the outdoors
He hung his clothes out to dry in the open air.
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You might be left out in the open air to live on in the form of the vultures that disembowel you, or, like the Tollund Man, you could be submitted to a peat bog upon your death so that your bones dissolve in the acidic environment while your skin remains perfectly preserved.
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Cutter Wood, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Many are fed very little and are left out in the open air.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
Adrien Brody’s journey as Tóth from the bottom of the ship up to the open air was choreographed to the music rather than filled in during postproduction.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
Once in the open air, the 16 year old was turned over to medical personnel.
—Sam Gillette, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025
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Cutter Wood, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
Many are fed very little and are left out in the open air.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2025
Adrien Brody’s journey as Tóth from the bottom of the ship up to the open air was choreographed to the music rather than filled in during postproduction.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
Once in the open air, the 16 year old was turned over to medical personnel.
—Sam Gillette, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the open air
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“The open air.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20open%20air. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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