temperate

Example Sentences

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“I wanted a more conservative court,” Richardson, 54, said on a recent morning when the beastly Arizona summer finally yielded to a temperate taste of fall.

From Los Angeles Times

While Jupiter is different from Earth in many ways -- Jupiter is a gas giant, Earth is a rocky, temperate world -- both planets have layered atmospheres.

From Science Daily

Lichens are a particularly unusual class of organisms found in temperate rainforests.

From BBC

The burned hillsides are more extensive than any I’ve seen along a Washington paved road, although pockets of untouched trees illustrate the temperate rainforest that recently stood here.

From Seattle Times

Finding the right combination of methane and oxygen could indicate the presence of life on another planet — but that world needs to be located in a temperate zone, not too hot nor too cold.

From Scientific American