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thermometer

[ther-mom-i-ter] / θərˈmɒm ɪ tər /
NOUN
measure of temperature
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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

In mid-January, graphic designer Oleksandra Skachkova posted a TikTok video of herself drinking her morning coffee beside a thermometer reading 53 degrees Fahrenheit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

"Imagine TRPM8 as a microscopic thermometer inside your body," said Hyuk-Joon Lee, a postdoctoral fellow in Seok-Yong Lee's laboratory at Duke University.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

After the thermometer beeps, the nurse flicks the cone into the wastebasket and writes something on my chart.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen



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