temperate
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I’m all too aware of how quickly behavior can turn compulsive and how even the most temperate individual can unknowingly find themselves in over their head.
From Slate • May 5, 2026
While humans cause most fires in the tropics, climate change is intensifying natural fire cycles in northern and temperate regions, the researchers said.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
He also held remarkably modern views about the importance of adequate exercise and temperate eating.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Volunteers have planted 800 young trees in a bid to expand one of the South West's last remaining temperate rainforests.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026
Still farther east, temperate areas of China were isolated from western Eurasian areas with similar climates by the combination of the Central Asian desert, Tibetan plateau, and Himalayas.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing temperate
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