temperature
Example Sentences
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For instance, states along the West Coast are seeing higher annual temperature extremes, while many northern states are experiencing warmer minimum temperatures.
From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026
The approach provides a distinct advantage: Xanadu’s machines will be able to function at room temperature, eliminating the need for the bulky refrigerators needed to cool the components of most computers to absolute zero.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
It’s about the stockpiling, surviving the temperature changes.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
Other properties, including compressibility and heat capacity, also behave in increasingly unusual ways as the temperature decreases.
From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026
The water hadn’t been cold, exactly, but it wasn’t body temperature either, and she’d been in it for a long time.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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