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also subtropic
as in semitropical
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False killer whales can weigh up to 3,000 pounds and generally live in deep offshore waters in tropical and subtropical oceans, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Carl Zhang, NBC News, 19 Feb. 2025
The establishing scenes of Islands feel like something out of a James M. Cain novel — a wily noir, in this case drenched in subtropical heat and blinding sunshine.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2025
Despite the subtropical trappings, his stasis has a fundamental ordinariness, and that turns his trouble in paradise into a more universal call to stop sleepwalking through life.
—Nicolas Rapold, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2025
Various factors such as melting sea ice and shifts in the subtropical jet stream over the mid-latitudes in the U.S. may counteract each other.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025
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Carl Zhang, NBC News, 19 Feb. 2025
The establishing scenes of Islands feel like something out of a James M. Cain novel — a wily noir, in this case drenched in subtropical heat and blinding sunshine.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2025
Despite the subtropical trappings, his stasis has a fundamental ordinariness, and that turns his trouble in paradise into a more universal call to stop sleepwalking through life.
—Nicolas Rapold, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2025
Various factors such as melting sea ice and shifts in the subtropical jet stream over the mid-latitudes in the U.S. may counteract each other.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for subtropical
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“Subtropical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subtropical. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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