temperate
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I’m all too aware of how quickly behavior can turn compulsive and how even the most temperate individual can unknowingly find themselves in over their head.
From Slate • May 5, 2026
While humans cause most fires in the tropics, climate change is intensifying natural fire cycles in northern and temperate regions, the researchers said.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
Evidence includes fossils of temperate and subtropical forests found in places like Alaska and Greenland, as well as ancient shorelines along the U.S.
From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026
Though the state’s temperate coast is ideal for heat pump adoption, high residential electricity prices can make swapping a gas furnace for a heat pump a pricey proposition.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026
His mind had no temperate zone: He was either possessed by a subject or not interested in it at all.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing temperate
List 6
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Weather and Climate - Introductory
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The United States
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