heat wave

noun

: a period of unusually hot weather

Examples of heat wave in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web By Andrea Navarro / Bloomberg May 10, 2024 12:00 AM EDT Mexico is fighting 159 active wildfires across the country amid the year’s second heat wave that has also put the nation’s power grid under stress. Andrea Navarro / Bloomberg, TIME, 10 May 2024 That research follows a previous study by the same scientists finding that one in four lives lost during heat waves could be avoided with the same techniques. Matt Simon, WIRED, 9 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for heat wave 

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Word History

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of heat wave was in 1893

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“Heat wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heat%20wave. Accessed 15 May. 2024.

Kids Definition

heat wave

noun
: a period of unusually hot weather

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