thermometer
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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
Rare is the suburban grill chef who doesn’t keep an instant-read thermometer in his apron pocket.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
That can be vastly different from the reading on a thermometer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
Basically, he wrote a hit piece on the thermometer instead of asking why he had a fever.
From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2026
Then back some more as a spoon stops swinging and a thermometer goes back into its velvet case.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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
On Friday evening, Picazo said drone thermometers indicated the tank was at 61 degrees, and the goal was to get the tank down to 50 degrees, which would be its “happy place.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026
One of his early ideas was one of the first thermometers, which worked ‘upside down’ to modern eyes.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
Vocabulary lists containing thermometer
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