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

Perhaps you can reach a compromise on the thermostat.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 4, 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

If weight drops below this "set point", hunger rises and metabolism slows, just as a thermostat turns up the heat when it's too cold, according to that theory.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

“They moved us to a DRU before Thanksgiving, so we’re okay. Mom complains because they keep the thermostat at sixty-five. But no one ever froze to death at sixty-five.”

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer