airway

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Recent Examples of airway Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) is a device used to treat obstructive sleep apnea by delivering a constant flow of air through a mask to keep the airway open during sleep. Maria Sokolina, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025 Too much irritation can inflame and damage the airway, potentially resulting in breathing issues. Matt Fuchs, TIME, 21 Feb. 2025 These dedicated employees also make sure our food is safe to eat, our medications are safe to take, our roads and airways are safe to use, etc. Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 6 Feb. 2025 Lavin had also undergone a bronchoscopy in the days before her death, which allows a doctor to examine the airways in the lung. Brie Stimson, Fox News, 29 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for airway
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Noun
  • Disease like diabetes that can affect the arteries can lead to erectile dysfunction.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Aortic aneurysms occur in the large artery that carries blood from the heart to much of the body.
    Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 14 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • After a young boy goes missing from a small town, another teen boy finds a passageway to the past.
    Meg Walters, Glamour, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Now, nestled among its arched passageways, are a number of tony beauty haunts, too.
    Jennifer Weil, WWD, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Only emergency vehicles may navigate the roadway, the California Department of Transportation said.
    Mary Gilbert, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Emergency crews responded to the scene, and the roadway remains closed as authorities investigate and clear the wreckage.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • For years, some Muslim street vendors have used religion-neutral names like Raja or Sonu, a simple tweak to keep business running smoothly and avoid an economic boycott.
    Ismat Ara, TIME, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Remember, the job search and interview processes are both two-way streets.
    Terina Allen, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The highway segment sees average daily traffic volumes ranging from 48,000 vehicles at its north end, near C-470, to 30,000 around Highlands Ranch Parkway, according to state traffic data.
    John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Here’s your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.
    Kansas City Star Bot, Kansas City Star, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • New York has completed the first leg of its road back-to-back.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
  • These roads are part of a historic path once traveled by royalty, samurais, monks and commoners.
    Emese Maczko, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The ambient pop number was inspired by the couple’s first date on Los Angeles’ famed thoroughfare Sunset Blvd.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2025
  • That means a return to Sacramento’s freeways, thoroughfares and surface streets that funnel them there.
    Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Be that by way of multiple zero-day vulnerabilities actively exploiting Windows users, or Microsoft Account takeovers that bypass authentication protections.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
  • After triple bypass and mitral valve repair surgery at the age of 89, a pacemaker was installed in my chest.
    Si Liberman, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2025

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“Airway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airway. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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