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Recent Examples of cold frame
Protect container plants by moving them into a garage, basement, greenhouse, cold frame or other place where the temperature stays above freezing.
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oregonlive, 23 Feb. 2023
Lynn Ocone, a gardening expert and an author, uses her cold frame every year at her home in chilly Burlington, Vermont.
—Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2023
Ray does not have an elaborate cold frame or greenhouse.
—Susan Brownstein, cleveland, 10 Jan. 2023
Don’t open your cold frame if the temperature is below freezing, during a snowstorm, first thing in the morning, or in the evening or beyond, Warnock says.
—Nevin Martell, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2022
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oregonlive, 23 Feb. 2023
Lynn Ocone, a gardening expert and an author, uses her cold frame every year at her home in chilly Burlington, Vermont.
—Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 27 Mar. 2023
Ray does not have an elaborate cold frame or greenhouse.
—Susan Brownstein, cleveland, 10 Jan. 2023
Don’t open your cold frame if the temperature is below freezing, during a snowstorm, first thing in the morning, or in the evening or beyond, Warnock says.
—Nevin Martell, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2022
See all Example Sentences for cold frame
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold frame
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Russia, the Czech Republic and Ukraine have become tennis hotbeds, especially for women.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
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Sobriety, much like the festival itself, had become a hotbed for catharsis—or a misguided crack at transcendence.—
Barrett Swanson,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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For the driver who sees their vehicle as simple transportation, whose priorities lie with reducing greenhouse emissions, or simply who doesn’t care about what powers their car all that much, a plug-in hybrid can make a ton of sense.—
Will Sabel Courtney,
Robb Report,
16 Jan. 2025
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However, none of the American banks’ CEOs has given a credible explanation as to why exactly fleeing this group was necessary; worst yet, none has explained what the commitment to net-zero greenhouse emissions of his or her bank will be.—
Mayra Rodriguez Valladares,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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Miles Teller is a freshman drummer at a major conservatory who wants to be the next Buddy Rich, and J.K. Simmons won an Oscar playing the kid's abusive, perfectionist jazz band director from hell.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
22 Jan. 2025
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Greenfield was the director and taught piano at the conservatory.—
Rebecca San Juan,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Cold frame.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cold%20frame. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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