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degrees

NOUN
cardinal points
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Every few years, the EIA would go over scenarios of oil jolts with varying degrees of severity in order to train the delegates on how to deal with their country’s strategic reserves, he said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

It could get close to 100 degrees in the deserts.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

It involves pumping "200 degrees of steam" seven inches into the turf.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

In a statement, Surya Kant said his comments referred to people who use fake degrees to enter professions like law and media, not young people overall.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

He wormed his ship through the ice pack to reach seventy-one degrees south latitude, and then turned north again without ever seeing the land.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong




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