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autumn

[aw-tuhm] / ˈɔ təm /
NOUN
season between summer and winter
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Meanwhile, competitor Google is set to launch its own version of smartglasses this autumn.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Anya, Yasya and Varvara finished their English class before dashing out to enjoy a 15-minute break in the fresh autumn sun.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Experts say this could mean a more varied display of autumn colours, with some trees losing their leaves prematurely while others are yet to change colour.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Forestry England says autumn colours are developing at different rates across the country's woodlands.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

A massive and chaotic evacuation of the city was under way in the middle of the autumn mud season, called the rasputitsa.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

"False autumns are a warning sign. Trees can live for hundreds of years, but they are increasingly under pressure from a rapidly changing climate," Martin said.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Tehran, located on the southern slopes of the Alborz Mountains, experiences hot, dry summers, sometimes rainy autumns and winters that can be harsh and snowy.

From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025

Within a few days, I escalated to blowing leaves out from under the shrubs, and remembered the bucolic autumns of my Midwestern childhood and jumping into leaf piles raked patiently by my grandfather.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025

In general, high-quality wines were associated with cooler, wetter winters; warmer, wetter springs; hot, dry summers; and cool, dry autumns.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2023

He had a wife, Nancy, and three children, and his own house, which he had built with his own hands, a small tight adobe that required mudding every two or three autumns.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols


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