the tropics

plural noun

: the part of the world that is near the equator where the weather is very warm

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Hurricanes are born in the tropics, above warm water. Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 28 June 2025 In the tropics, the effect of seasons on day length is much less pronounced – sunset on June 25 in Honolulu is at 7:17 p.m., rather earlier than in New York. Jesse Emspak, Space.com, 25 June 2025 In most parts of the world outside of the tropics, including the US and the UK, heat waves occurring now would have been up to 7 degrees cooler without the burning of fossil fuels, Otto said. Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 23 June 2025 These affordable, nutritious delicacies swept the country at around the turn of the 20th century, an early preview of a better life, with a taste that could only come from the tropics, or somewhere close to them. Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 23 June 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 6 Jul. 2025.

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