Plural of airing; instances of exposing something to air, or broadcasts or public discussions of something.
From 'air' (verb) with gerund suffix '-ing' and plural '-s.' The word shifted from physical airing (clothes) to metaphorical airing (ideas) in the 20th century.
When a scandal gets multiple TV 'airings,' it changes public opinion not through new facts but through repetition—a phenomenon called 'illusory truth effect' where hearing something again makes your brain believe it more.
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