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autumn

[aw-tuhm] / ˈɔ təm /
NOUN
season between summer and winter
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But even die-hard college football fans didn’t know Chambliss’s name when he slotted in second on the depth chart last autumn in Mississippi.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

"Given the current situation, I do not consider it realistic that the company can drill in the autumn," Greenland Foreign Minister Mute Egede, who is responsible for natural resources, told the territory's broadcaster, KNR.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

The World Meteorological Organization said on July 31 that a “strong El Niño is developing” and was expected to continue strengthening through early autumn.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

The government will launch a consultation this autumn to decide how the new measures should be implemented.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

It was a crisp autumn night, and leaves danced in the air, the threat of a storm whispering in the wind.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

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

One wonders how long the USC deep-pocketed people will endure such failed expectations, such fruitless autumns, such ... mediocrity.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 22, 2025

The story leaps two autumns ahead, when Odd happens along and helps Sook and Buddy as they struggle to haul a tub of chrysanthemums to their porch.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 21, 2025

Just an hour and a half from Los Angeles there’s a mountain community where there are actual seasons: Warm summers, crisp autumns, snowy winters and resplendent springs complete with daffodils all around.

From Salon Sep. 14, 2024

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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