thermostat
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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
Money saving is already ingrained at home, with batch cooking, more prudent selections on the thermostat, and warming the body rather than the whole home having become the norm for many people.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026
“That doesn’t look like it’ll go away anytime soon. People are going to be heavy on the thermostat for a good two weeks,” he said.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 22, 2026
Madeline Marchiano realizes that this winter’s runaway heating prices mean she can’t afford to raise her thermostat enough to warm her entire South Philadelphia rowhouse.
From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026
Before I started writing, I went to the thermostat and blasted the AC to sixty-five degrees.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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