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thermometer

[ther-mom-i-ter] / θərˈmɒm ɪ tər /
NOUN
measure of temperature
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He gave a tour of his room in the quarantine center on Instagram, showing the fridge, smart TV and thermometer he was given for temperature checks.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

One is the 'feels like', which is how your body feels the heat rather than what the thermometer says.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Basically, he wrote a hit piece on the thermometer instead of asking why he had a fever.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

In Lancaster and Palmdale, the thermometer hit 88 degrees, which set a new record for each city, according to the weather service.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

The thermometer was hovering just under seventy, and the sun was glinting off the Cut just as it had that day a year before.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown



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