thermometer
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Inside, the temperature is 23C while outside the thermometer read 30C on Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
One is the 'feels like', which is how your body feels the heat rather than what the thermometer says.
From BBC ● May 9, 2026
Basically, he wrote a hit piece on the thermometer instead of asking why he had a fever.
From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2026
WSJ | Buy Side: This instant-read thermometer deserves a place in your kitchen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
It seemed hotter than Phoenix or Battle Mountain, where it regularly climbed above a hundred degrees, so when Dad told me it was only ninety degrees, I said the thermometer must be broken.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
Today, gallium is widely used in semiconductors, telecommunications equipment, LEDs, laser diodes, solar panels, high performance computing, the aerospace and defense industries, and as a safer alternative to mercury in thermometers.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
"Europe bakes in fierce heat" is the FT Weekend's headline as it reports the continent sweltered through a fifth day of record-breaking temperatures, with thermometers topping 40C.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Some new charcoal grills—traditionally the cook-anything-anywhere option—now require electricity to power internal fans and built-in thermometers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
One worker said: "We don't seem to have enough thermometers."
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
“Normal thermometers only read every two tenths. This one does it every tenth. Try it out. Put it in your mouth.”
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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