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winter

[win-ter] / ˈwɪn tər /
NOUN
cold season of the year
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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Last time this happened, over the winter of 2021-22, it led to a labor stoppage, but didn’t cost anyone regular season games.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

Her grandmother's sister died in Oleshky last winter.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

"We have to use this time to get things done... we're pruning the rose bushes for winter," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

As the Dodgers attempt to strengthen their roster to climb back to the top, however, they’ll have to navigate a disjointed winter transaction window.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

The gifts of books or sheet music and cozy, winter drives continued.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Under the proposal, clocks would move an hour forward in March as they normally do, but then would remain there indefinitely, meaning later sunrises and more evening daylight in the winters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

The winter of 2025 to 2026 ranked among Switzerland's ten least snowy winters since records began, leaving glaciers with less snow to protect them from warmer temperatures.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

The pipelines are only used occasionally but give the U.K. greater flexibility to tap gas from other sources in times of high demand, such as severe winters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

But El Niño winters generally bring even stronger waves, resulting in more sand loss and erosion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Some love stories are tragedies—epics, spanning years, and built on dramatic irony, wars, Russian winters, and hours of film.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

“A monarch that wintered in Monterey might end up in Las Vegas or Boise or Spokane that next spring and summer,” he said.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2023

Some retirees who wintered on the Gulf Coast are already planning their exits from the state.

From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2022

In the classic migration pattern, flocks that wintered in the southern U.S. fly north in the spring, returning to the same spots in the high and sub-Arctic to breed and nest.

From National Geographic ● Dec. 16, 2020

The social pages followed his comings and goings, when he summered in Bar Harbor and wintered in Boca Raton.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 19, 2019

When it continued to zag she realized the pilot was following a meandering river where game wintered.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George

Years before the project began, migrating ospreys had been spotted in Poole Harbour, en route from Scotland to their wintering grounds in north Africa.

From BBC ● May 2, 2026

After spending the summer in the Hamptons, Icahn is wintering at his house on the Miami-area island known as Billionaire Bunker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025

The species is considered territorial and doesn’t mix well with other wintering birds, according to Fish and Wildlife.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2025

Between May and August, thousands of wintering red-billed queleas gather at waterholes in Namibia.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 28, 2024

The other is that wintering at a relatively northern latitude has advantages that make up for the disadvantage of its coldness.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker


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