thermostat

Example Sentences

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Perhaps you can reach a compromise on the thermostat.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 4, 2026

It is often called a silent killer because most heat deaths occur gradually as high temperatures and other environmental factors work together to undermine the body's internal thermostat.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

As the child of penny-pinching Sicilian parents, I’m all too familiar with the dread surrounding the thermostat come midwinter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

If weight drops below this "set point", hunger rises and metabolism slows, just as a thermostat turns up the heat when it's too cold, according to that theory.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

The thermostat was turned all the way up and the furnace was banging and sounding like it was about to blow up but it still felt like Jack Frost had moved in with us.

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis