How to Use austral in a Sentence
austral
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But in the austral spring, the rear of their bodies turn into sacks of egg or sperm.
—Douglas Main, National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2019
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Adult whales socialize at both the Auckland and Campbell Islands during the austral winter.
—Popular Science, 2 Nov. 2020
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The tree's large pine nuts are a favorite food of austral parakeets as well as the Indigenous Mapuche people of Chile and Argentina -- and both could help the evergreens survive.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 20 Aug. 2022
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Frederick Albert Cook, the physician aboard the Belgica, during the austral winter of 1898.
—Julian Sancton, Time, 12 May 2021
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This being the tail end of austral summer, temperatures hovered just above freezing.
—Christopher P. Baker, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2022
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The team arrived in Antarctica toward the end of the austral summer, when temperatures hover between 20 and 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 11 May 2016
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Most leaders in Latin America had regarded the new virus as a faraway problem — one unlikely to raise havoc in the region during the austral summer — until the first case was diagnosed in Brazil in late February.
—BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2020
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Tourism in Antarctica is booming, with visitor numbers this austral summer expected to rise by nearly 40 percent from last season.
—Tom Wright-Piersanti, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2020
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Heard mainly during austral winter in the Southern Ocean, this ubiquitous sound has been recorded in Antarctic waters and contemporaneously off the Australian west coast.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 3 June 2016
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During the current austral summer, which runs from roughly November to March, visitor numbers to Antarctica are expected to rise by nearly 40 percent from the previous season.
—Paige McClanahan, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2020
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The terrain and conditions under these blindingly blue skies are challenging: Summer temperatures can reach 90 degrees before plummeting 60 degrees, with winter frosts and strong austral winds meaning that a good harvest is never guaranteed.
—Sorrel Moseley-Williams, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Jan. 2022
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But in the austral spring, the rear of their bodies turn into sacks of egg or sperm.
—Douglas Main, National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2019
-
Adult whales socialize at both the Auckland and Campbell Islands during the austral winter.
—Popular Science, 2 Nov. 2020
-
The tree's large pine nuts are a favorite food of austral parakeets as well as the Indigenous Mapuche people of Chile and Argentina -- and both could help the evergreens survive.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 20 Aug. 2022
-
Frederick Albert Cook, the physician aboard the Belgica, during the austral winter of 1898.
—Julian Sancton, Time, 12 May 2021
-
This being the tail end of austral summer, temperatures hovered just above freezing.
—Christopher P. Baker, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2022
-
The team arrived in Antarctica toward the end of the austral summer, when temperatures hover between 20 and 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 11 May 2016
-
Most leaders in Latin America had regarded the new virus as a faraway problem — one unlikely to raise havoc in the region during the austral summer — until the first case was diagnosed in Brazil in late February.
—BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2020
-
Tourism in Antarctica is booming, with visitor numbers this austral summer expected to rise by nearly 40 percent from last season.
—Tom Wright-Piersanti, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2020
-
Heard mainly during austral winter in the Southern Ocean, this ubiquitous sound has been recorded in Antarctic waters and contemporaneously off the Australian west coast.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 3 June 2016
-
During the current austral summer, which runs from roughly November to March, visitor numbers to Antarctica are expected to rise by nearly 40 percent from the previous season.
—Paige McClanahan, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2020
-
The terrain and conditions under these blindingly blue skies are challenging: Summer temperatures can reach 90 degrees before plummeting 60 degrees, with winter frosts and strong austral winds meaning that a good harvest is never guaranteed.
—Sorrel Moseley-Williams, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Jan. 2022
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