How to Use winterize in a Sentence
winterize
verb- They are winterizing their cars by adding antifreeze and putting on snow tires.
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The fountain will then be winterized and shut off for the winter.
—Kimberly Fornek, chicagotribune.com, 12 Sep. 2017
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The state did not push utilities to winterize the grid, the power lines and the power plants.
—CBS News, 21 Feb. 2021
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Time to put away the white pants, get the barbecue grill winterized and get that list of school supplies out.
—Dave Giancaspro, WIRED, 6 Sep. 2010
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Innes hopes it can be winterized so that program can run year-round.
—Kathy McCormack, The Seattle Times, 26 June 2017
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As another lawn-mowing season comes to a close, now's the time to winterize your lawn mower for the cold months ahead.
—Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 3 Nov. 2021
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Your pool is now fully winterized and waiting for spring.
—Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 25 Oct. 2018
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Check out our guides on how to winterize your home and how to stay cool without air-conditioning.
—Matt Jancer, Wired, 12 June 2022
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Check out our guides on how to winterize your home and how stay cool without air conditioning.
—Matt Jancer, Wired, 17 Feb. 2021
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Those actions are cheap - all of the homes in Texas could be winterized for less than the $50 billion in power price premiums paid out during Uri.
—Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology, Forbes, 16 July 2023
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Gas mowers also require regular maintenance to make sure the mower is winterized in the fall and ready to go in the spring.
—Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 May 2023
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The weather service encouraged people to prepare a supply kit for their homes and to winterize cars and homes.
—Dallas News, 31 Jan. 2022
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It wasn’t winterized, though, and as their children neared college age, the owners wanted to vacation here year- round.
—Hillary Brown, House Beautiful, 30 Aug. 2018
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Bridgestone Tires offers 11 ways how to winterize your car before a winter storm.
—Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2022
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Think of winterizing your pool as doing your future self a favor.
—Alyssa Longobucco, House Beautiful, 4 Sep. 2023
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Paying to winterize the equipment needed to keep power plants running has been one of the casualties.
—Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2021
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Pipelines could have been ordered to winterize; power plants could have maintained on-site backup.
—Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2021
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Get prepared by Wednesday: Dig out your winter coats and hats and winterize your car: check tires, find ice scraper, and locate your emergency kit.
—Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 7 Oct. 2019
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None of the main event buildings at Becket are winterized — no insulation, no heating — so our guests froze their tushes off.
—As Told To Alexa Tsoulis-Reay and Alyssa Shelasky, The Cut, 17 July 2017
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In addition to the triple immediate crises, Abbott said that from now on, Texas will winterize all sources of energy.
—Caroline Linton, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2021
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The boyfriend, who had been helping Quintal winterize her uncle’s cabin, left two days before the Oct. 17 incident.
—Micah Walker, Detroit Free Press, 8 Dec. 2019
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After a Texas freeze in 2011, power plant operators were asked to winterize.
—USA Today, 19 May 2021
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Jeep’s customer research must have reached the same conclusion, because now there is a go-to trim that winterizes every vehicle in its lineup.
—Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, 17 Jan. 2020
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And there are only about five companies that winterize boats, says Hearns Marine owner Danny Hearns.
—Laura Johnston, cleveland.com, 30 Oct. 2017
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Ships that regularly sail in icy waters must be ice-hardened or winterized, to withstand the pounding and stress of thick ice and cold temperatures.
—Ben Kesling, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2019
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Otherwise, this is a chance to winterize your castle, catch up on reading, or visit someone special.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 31 Oct. 2022
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And the total incentives for winterization are far lower than Texas paid for the failure to winterize.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 4 Apr. 2022
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Customers can also choose to winterize their pipes, such as with insulation.
—Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Dec. 2021
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The bill required energy companies to winterize their equipment to avoid future freeze offs.
—Christopher Helman, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
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Your sprinkler system needs to be winterized in the fall before freezing weather settles in to prevent water freezing in the system and causing damage.
—Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 5 Nov. 2019
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