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airing

 noun
     
air‧ing
1 [singular] an occasion when an opinion, idea etc is discussed
get/be given an airing
an issue that wasn't given an airing during the campaign
2 [countable] an occasion when a programme is broadcast on television or radio:
the program's first airing in 2000
3 [countable] an occasion when something is shown to people:
a car which had its first airing at the Paris Motor Show
4 [singular] an occasion when you let fresh air move around something:
Put your houseplants outside to give them an airing.
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