the tropics
plural noun
: the part of the world that is near the equator where the weather is very warm
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The study authors believe an eruption occurred around 1345, about two years before the start of the pandemic, from either a single volcano or a cluster of volcanoes of unknown location, likely in the tropics.
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Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 4 Dec. 2025
The nation’s top basketball programs have already shown a desperate willingness to chase petrodollars in November at the expense of tradition and the tropics.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2025
But it is located above the tropics, and its direction changes every couple of years, give or take a couple months.
—Terry Eliasen, CBS News, 26 Nov. 2025
Atmospheric rivers are long, narrow regions in the atmosphere—like rivers in the sky—that transport water vapor outside of the tropics, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
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Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 4 Dec. 2025
The nation’s top basketball programs have already shown a desperate willingness to chase petrodollars in November at the expense of tradition and the tropics.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2025
But it is located above the tropics, and its direction changes every couple of years, give or take a couple months.
—Terry Eliasen, CBS News, 26 Nov. 2025
Atmospheric rivers are long, narrow regions in the atmosphere—like rivers in the sky—that transport water vapor outside of the tropics, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
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“The tropics.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20tropics. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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