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Examples of snow line in a Sentence
climbing above the snow line
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Parts of the southern Sierra Nevada mountain range below the snow line could see 4 to 8 inches of rain through Monday night.
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Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 25 Nov. 2024
The presence of the water molecules provided new evidence that the grains indeed formed deep in space, beyond the snow line.
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 30 Sep. 2024
Finding those forms would establish that the grains originated in deep space—out beyond what is known as the snow line.
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 30 Sep. 2024
In South America, guanacos – relatives of wild camels– range from sea level to the snow line in the Andes and attempt to interbreed with domestic llamas.
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Discover Magazine, 5 July 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1835, in the meaning defined above
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“Snow line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snow%20line. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
snow line
noun
: the lower edge of an area of permanent snow (as a mountain peak)
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