temperate
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The coast’s mild, temperate climate allows tender plants to thrive.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Though the state’s temperate coast is ideal for heat pump adoption, high residential electricity prices can make swapping a gas furnace for a heat pump a pricey proposition.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026
The team found that its ancient relatives thrived for nearly 25 million years in lowland temperate rainforests, including those that once covered the Riversleigh region between 25 and 12 million years ago.
From Science Daily • Nov. 15, 2025
They liked the area’s temperate climate and, obviously, the cost of living, and they were required to pay into the national insurance program for healthcare.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 7, 2025
On the one hand, perhaps almost any well-watered temperate or tropical area of the globe offers enough species of wild plants suitable for domestication.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing temperate
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Weather and Climate - Introductory
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