temperate
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The coast’s mild, temperate climate allows tender plants to thrive.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Geological and fossil evidence shows that the area was once covered in temperate forest, very different from today's cold, dry permafrost landscape.
From Science Daily • Mar. 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
Volunteers have planted 800 young trees in a bid to expand one of the South West's last remaining temperate rainforests.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026
Densities were also low on temperate New Zealand, which was too cool for some Polynesian crops.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing temperate
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