heat wave

noun

: a period of unusually hot weather

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These companies are to blame for extreme heat waves. Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025 If that claim were to be accepted in a court, those firms could be liable for the costs of those heat waves. Justin Worland, Time, 12 Sep. 2025 The deadly heat waves in France in 2003, and China in 2013. Julia Simon, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025 A lot of existing NewSeed crops wilted in a heat wave or got frosted in a cold wave or got drowned in a wave wave. Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for heat wave

Word History

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined above

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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 14 Sep. 2025.

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heat wave

noun
: a period of unusually hot weather

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