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thermostat

[thur-muh-stat] / ˈθɜr məˌstæt /
NOUN
regulator
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NOUN
thermometer
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During the World Cup, I was able to upgrade the AC unit, added a smart thermostat and invested in landscaping, which we want to do more of.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

"Raise your thermostat as high as is comfortably safe," the power utility ComEd there urged, while calling on residents to delay using laundry, dishwashers and electric vehicle chargers until after dusk.

From Barron's Jul. 2, 2026

Gavin says he's happy to have the house at 19C or 20C but his wife sometimes turns up the thermostat to 23C.

From BBC Apr. 15, 2026

I slept peacefully and appreciated the room’s functionality, including a tablet that controlled the lights, thermostat and TV.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 14, 2026

It had a thermostat made of bimetal, which was two different metals attached to each other.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata

The companies are forming a power plant that would draw power from Sunrun and Tesla home battery systems and Renew smart thermostats.

From Barron's Jun. 24, 2026

Under the agreement, Voltus will pay homes and businesses to reduce power consumption during times of peak demand and make use of technology including home batteries and smart thermostats to manage that.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 3, 2026

Experts say millions of households have turned down radiators and thermostats, taken shorter showers, blocked draughts and found ways to keep the heating off in certain rooms to lower bills.

From BBC May 26, 2026

Should we set our thermostats lower in winter and wear sweaters indoors?

From MarketWatch Nov. 18, 2025

The boiler-room telegraphs, stoking indicators, rudder indicators, clocks and thermostats were also electrical.

From Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' by British Government

Soon some 450 great paintings were racked on pipeline scaffolds set up in the huge, thermostated hall where Financier Stotesbury once gave concerts for 1,000 guests.

From Time Magazine Archive




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