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thermometer

[ther-mom-i-ter] / θərˈmɒm ɪ tər /
NOUN
measure of temperature
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He gave a tour of his room in the quarantine center on Instagram, showing the fridge, smart TV and thermometer he was given for temperature checks.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Basically, he wrote a hit piece on the thermometer instead of asking why he had a fever.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

"Imagine TRPM8 as a microscopic thermometer inside your body," said Hyuk-Joon Lee, a postdoctoral fellow in Seok-Yong Lee's laboratory at Duke University.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

Forecasters are expecting the thermometer to reach 89 degrees in Burbank, breaking a 40-year-old record of 86 degrees that was set in 1986, Hall said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

It was first discovered by placing a sensitive thermometer in what to our eyes is the dark beyond the red.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan



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