How to Use climate in a Sentence

climate

noun
  • A climate of fear prevails in the city.
  • The country's climate is ideal for growing grapes.
  • These trees only grow in humid climates.
  • The company is trying to develop a positive climate for innovation.
  • Since methane traps 80 times more heat than CO2 over two decades, venting is far worse for the climate.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 10 May 2023
  • The best part: It can be styled with a range of outerwear, including a leather jacket, long duster, or puffer depending on the climate.
    Michelle Rostamian, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2024
  • For women gardeners in cooler climates, wearing pantyhose will keep ticks from attaching to your lower body / legs.
    Judy Stone, Forbes, 6 May 2023
  • The effort is meant to improve the climate for Black male students by providing one-on-one mentoring and meeting spaces to create a sense of community.
    Matt Krupnick, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2023
  • Woolly mammoth bodies are regularly discovered in the far north, partially preserved by colder climates.
    David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 7 May 2023
  • Joan Meiners is the climate news and storytelling reporter at The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com.
    The Arizona Republic, 6 May 2023
  • Because of its desert climate, Arizona doesn't follow daylight saving time (with the exception of the Navajo Nation).
    Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2024
  • In the first months of 2019, the fight against climate change was in bad shape.
    Justin Worland, Time, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The plan to save the world from the worst of climate change is built on data.
    Anchorage Daily News, 8 Nov. 2021
  • On this episode, how to fight fire with fire in the change in climate.
    Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
  • But are they aligned with the true scope of climate change risks?
    Curt Spalding, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Dec. 2022
  • For many, the fire was a harsh reminder of climate change.
    Mallory Moench, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Aug. 2021
  • In the current climate, that does not look set to change.
    Isobel Thompson, The Hive, 23 June 2017
  • Graven and her colleagues build models of the world to study the climate.
    Carl Zimmer, The Atlantic, 20 Mar. 2020
  • The issue of climate change is featured for the first time in the report.
    Drew Kann, ajc, 14 Dec. 2021
  • No matter the climate—sun, snow, rain—you’ll get your use out of them.
    Grace Smith, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Ten million climate refugees could swell the trails of East Africa alone.
    Paul Salopek, National Geographic, 17 July 2019
  • That’s why, even in the midst of a crisis, climate action can’t take a back seat.
    Levi Tillemann, Wired, 24 Mar. 2020
  • Give it more sun in cool climates and a more shade in warm climates.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 9 May 2024
  • There’s no reason to prune roses to the ground in our mild climate.
    Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2023
  • In their own ways, all of the works cited above are a response to this climate of change.
    refinery29.com, 3 July 2018
  • But climate change might not be wholly to blame for the fungus' spread.
    Dr. Adela Wu, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2021
  • For years, Seattleites have talked about the dangers of climate change.
    James Ross Gardne, The New Yorker, 30 June 2021
  • And as the climate warms, trees can also help slow down the manmade changes brought to the planet.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Aug. 2024
  • That changing climate has pushed some of them to venture south in search of food.
    Fox News, 19 June 2019
  • The world remains on track to blow past its current climate goals.
    Brady Dennis, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Mar. 2022

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