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
It was July in the Mojave Desert, and the thermometer climbed toward 110 degrees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 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
He reached inside and took out a glass thing—a sort of tube with a metal rod in it, like a big thermometer.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
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
Some new charcoal grills—traditionally the cook-anything-anywhere option—now require electricity to power internal fans and built-in thermometers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Since 1999, his role involves opening what is known as the Stevenson screen which holds sensitive thermometers, before noting down his readings for the day into the handwritten ledger.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2025
Telescopes and thermometers do not change the world around them as saws and hammers do, but they change our awareness of the world.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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