temperate

Example Sentences

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Geological and fossil evidence shows that the area was once covered in temperate forest, very different from today's cold, dry permafrost landscape.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

Vigils and protests erupted, with demonstrators standing on snowbanks throughout an unusually temperate January day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

They liked the area’s temperate climate and, obviously, the cost of living, and they were required to pay into the national insurance program for healthcare.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 7, 2025

House representative from Orange County, said that she was “pushing back on” the reporter’s implication that she needed to be more temperate politically.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025

It was a typical piece of the temperate zone, with familiar kinds of rocks, trees, bushes, brambles, grass, and other plants.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig