thermostat
Example Sentences
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She also bumped her thermostat up to 75, from 70, and plans to use fans more often as the weather warms.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
Though Americans crank up the thermostat every winter, price increases for electricity and gas utility bills were not as sharp at the same point last year.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026
Madeline Marchiano realizes that this winter’s runaway heating prices mean she can’t afford to raise her thermostat enough to warm her entire South Philadelphia rowhouse.
From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026
And it means that body weight is like a thermostat: your body aims to maintain that preferred range.
From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026
It had a thermostat made of bimetal, which was two different metals attached to each other.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.