temperate
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The city was chosen due to its elite training grounds, temperate climate, central location, and significant soccer infrastructure investment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
That’s because all four of them reached the same conclusion: Kansas City happens to boast a raft of elite-level training grounds, a temperate climate and a central location.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Based on that evidence, Dr. Motta explains that "70 million years ago the climate was temperate and humid, with seasonal rainfall, very different from the current cold and relatively dry conditions."
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2026
He said these forests were dominated by oak, hazel, elm, birch and pine but would have functioned as what we now recognise as a temperate rainforest in the wetter west.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
“That’s the point. According to Grumman, the earth’s magnetic field changed dramatically at various times in the past, and the earth’s axis actually moved, too, so that temperate areas became ice-bound.”
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
Vocabulary lists containing temperate
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