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temperature

[tem-per-uh-cher, -choor, -pruh-, -per-cher] / ˈtɛm pər ə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər, -prə-, -pər tʃər /


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For the first time ever, a temperature of 35C has also been recorded somewhere in the UK on the three consecutive months of May, June and July.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

The archaeologists built sterile, temporary structures with temperature and humidity controls, and lowered experts clad in head-to-toe medical gowns into the pits atop bedlike platforms so as to minimize contact with the artifacts.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

If bedbugs are found, it recommends washing everything at a high temperature before putting items in a plastic bag and deep freezing for at least three days.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

To determine how the Atlantic responded, they also developed temperature records from Ocean Drilling Program Site 625 in the northern Gulf of Mexico.

From Science Daily Aug. 6, 2026

Her lethargy worried me, so I took her temperature with a thermometer in the twin’s toolkit.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

Wide swaths of California will face searing temperatures over the weekend, with forecasters issuing a heat advisory for non-coastal areas and warning about the risk of adverse fire weather.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

Many of the bodies, like Morup's, are in what climbers call Everest's death zone – where temperatures can plunge to -40C and oxygen levels are about a third of those at sea level.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

The Inland Empire could see temperatures from the mid-90s to 103.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

Earlier observations of phonon focusing were mostly restricted to temperatures only a few degrees above absolute zero.

From Science Daily Aug. 7, 2026

All men reporting on sick call with temperatures above 102 were rushed to the hospital.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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