the tropics
plural noun
: the part of the world that is near the equator where the weather is very warm
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Though summer sea surface temperatures in the tropics can get too hot, warmer winter and spring temperatures can fuel earlier blooms.
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Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2026
Native to the tropics, lemons thrive in the heat but grow well elsewhere as long as the temperature remains well above freezing for most of the year.
—Derek Carwood, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Jan. 2026
Those who genuinely embrace winter’s chill with roaring fires and cozy mugs of hot chocolate, and those who flee to the tropics the minute the sun starts setting before 5 pm.
—Annie Daly, Vogue, 3 Jan. 2026
The fleeting economic miracle in Venezuela, once the preferred destination for those departing La Palma, excited the imaginations of those who had seen or lived in the concrete modernist utopias of the tropics.
—Javier Montes, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
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Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2026
Native to the tropics, lemons thrive in the heat but grow well elsewhere as long as the temperature remains well above freezing for most of the year.
—Derek Carwood, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Jan. 2026
Those who genuinely embrace winter’s chill with roaring fires and cozy mugs of hot chocolate, and those who flee to the tropics the minute the sun starts setting before 5 pm.
—Annie Daly, Vogue, 3 Jan. 2026
The fleeting economic miracle in Venezuela, once the preferred destination for those departing La Palma, excited the imaginations of those who had seen or lived in the concrete modernist utopias of the tropics.
—Javier Montes, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
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 21 Jan. 2026.
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