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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.
—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.
—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.
—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.
—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 23 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
snow line
noun
: the lower edge of an area of permanent snow (as a mountain peak)
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