the tropics
plural noun
: the part of the world that is near the equator where the weather is very warm
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What happened in December (shown in the map, below) is that a stuck weather pattern helped pump copious amounts of moisture from the tropics to the Pacific Northwest in the form of several atmospheric rivers.
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Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
This change is rooted in a phenomenon known as the Hadley Cell, a global zone of warm, rising air across the tropics.
—Chris Mooney, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025
Atmospheric rivers like the recent storm systems can look like fire hoses from the tropics on weather radar systems.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 16 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
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Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
This change is rooted in a phenomenon known as the Hadley Cell, a global zone of warm, rising air across the tropics.
—Chris Mooney, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025
Atmospheric rivers like the recent storm systems can look like fire hoses from the tropics on weather radar systems.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 16 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
See All Example Sentences for the tropics
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“The tropics.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20tropics. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.
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