temperature

Example Sentences

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“I dread the snow,” a friend recently told me, because the cold temperatures mean they’ll have to turn up the heat for weeks, meaning a surge in their heating bill.

From MarketWatch

In January, coal generation soared again as a winter storm brought freezing temperatures to much of the country and natural-gas prices rose.

From The Wall Street Journal

Compression ratios tend to decrease as an engine rises in temperature because of thermal expansion of the materials involved.

From BBC

But local officials say the season is getting longer as temperatures stay warmer further into the year.

From Los Angeles Times

Instead of lowering temperature, they investigated whether diet alone could switch on thermogenesis.

From Science Daily