thermometer
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An outdoor thermometer clocks a temperature of 100 degrees as the sounds of Y2K-era reggaeton reverberate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
The wind will also make it feel colder than the thermometer suggests, particularly around eastern coastal areas.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
That relationship allows researchers to use the chemical signature preserved in fossil teeth as a kind of ancient thermometer.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
More broadly, the thermometer climbed above 35 C in regions covering 80 percent of Europe’s residents, some 490 million people.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
I had looked at the thermometer before she came to collect it, the way I always did.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
Even at sea, thermometers have registered record temperatures.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Today, gallium is widely used in semiconductors, telecommunications equipment, LEDs, laser diodes, solar panels, high performance computing, the aerospace and defense industries, and as a safer alternative to mercury in thermometers.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
Two people in the area fainted as thermometers showed the temperature hitting 97 degrees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
As the UK's national weather service, the Met Office is the custodian of the Central England Temperature record, the longest running weather record in the world, based on measurements taken using thermometers and other instruments.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2025
These army thermometers are not made for old soldiers.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
Vocabulary lists containing thermometer
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