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.
  • Dream wine is a semisweet white wine blend whose base is the pinot blanc grape, which does well in Michigan's climate.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Which is fine - most connections even in this dating climate are all about networking.
    Dallas News, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Haptic-controlled, colored climate controls are set into the lush wood of the tabletop — er, dash.
    cleveland, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Shaw presented his railroad as a climate-friendly alternative to sending freight by truck.
    Ian Duncan, Luz Lazo and Michael Laris, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Doing so, in the sport’s current climate, would be Michael Andretti's greatest motorsports achievement to date.
    Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Jan. 2023
  • While the director’s meandering style might not be to everyone’s taste, this film still has plenty to say about community, gender roles, and the climate crisis.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Nov. 2024
  • But the climate crisis still needs an actual solution – which is to stop using fossil fuels altogether, Jackson said.
    Ella Nilsen, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
  • The coalition partners plan to work on strategic land protection by identifying climate refugia and protecting those areas from development.
    Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Action on climate must first avoid getting buried in text At 725 pages, the Inflation Reduction Act is complex.
    The Arizona Republic, 2 Feb. 2023
  • 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
  • Some sought an escape from the ghosts of World War I; others hoped the tropical climate would prove restorative.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
  • The continued heat coverage may bring more attention to the climate crisis, as international fans see their favorite sports stars suffering from the impacts of extreme heat, Murfree said.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 28 Nov. 2024

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