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degrees

NOUN
cardinal points
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Every few years, the EIA would go over scenarios of oil jolts with varying degrees of severity in order to train the delegates on how to deal with their country’s strategic reserves, he said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

It could get close to 100 degrees in the deserts.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Temperatures had just hit 32.7 degrees, a potential problem for those with respiratory conditions, for elderly folk and - we feared - for Scottish footballers and for those sweaty foot soldiers following them.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

She told the Las Vegas Review-Journal her proudest accomplishment was “making sure I got all my children through high school and college”—and she wound up being awarded several honorary degrees herself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

I hurry over, and the sensor beeps as I reset it to thirty degrees.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera




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