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Recent Examples of air-conditionThankfully, the scoop shop was air-conditioned, offering a nice contrast to the 100-degree temperatures outside.—Sacbee.com, 16 Aug. 2025 Opposite the residential spaces, the offices of nursing and executive staff were brightly lit and air-conditioned.—Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 7 Aug. 2025 Just 7% of households there are air-conditioned, yet the state’s temperatures are rising exponentially as the planet warms.—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 5 July 2025 Critics worry that the tents — whether air-conditioned or not — are not sufficient protection for detainees from the natural risks in the Everglades.—Ana Ceballos, Miami Herald, 3 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for air-condition
Applying too late leaves plants vulnerable to freezing temperatures.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
8 Nov. 2025
These cuts mean reducing supply budgets in most departments, delaying the purchase of new math curriculum and Chromebooks, freezing hiring for nonclassroom positions and canceling contract agreements that will not disrupt operations.
Gizmodo reports that some whimsical scientists have supercooled their Lego bricks in order to test for heat tolerance.
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Caroline Delbert,
Popular Mechanics,
26 Dec. 2019
Like many hibernating insects, overwintering mosquitoes depend on supercooling, a process by which an animal has the ability to rid its body fluids of impurities that would trigger the formation of ice.
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