as in environment
the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded
a nonconformist who left his jerkwater hometown for the more welcoming clime of the big city
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Recent Examples of clime
After seven years in Italy, the move to the cooler climes of northern England was a tough adjustment.
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Tom Burrows, The Athletic, 18 Mar. 2025
Image Hepatica, a relative of the buttercup, comes up first in that northern clime.
—Walker Mimms, New York Times, 15 May 2025
As warm climes blossom, dozens, even hundreds, of young people from all over the city descend on Millennium Park and the shopping and entertainment areas downtown and near north.
—Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
Copy Facebook Pinterest Photo by Shutterstock On clear nights in the northernmost climes, the sky can erupt into a riot of neon-colored, undulating ribbons.
—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 30 Dec. 2024
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Tom Burrows, The Athletic, 18 Mar. 2025
Image Hepatica, a relative of the buttercup, comes up first in that northern clime.
—Walker Mimms, New York Times, 15 May 2025
As warm climes blossom, dozens, even hundreds, of young people from all over the city descend on Millennium Park and the shopping and entertainment areas downtown and near north.
—Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2025
Copy Facebook Pinterest Photo by Shutterstock On clear nights in the northernmost climes, the sky can erupt into a riot of neon-colored, undulating ribbons.
—Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 30 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clime
Noun
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The calcified dental plaque could hold and protect DNA due to its dense crystalline structure that resists degradation in various environments.—
Nick Butler,
FOXNews.com,
21 June 2025
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Much as the iPhone has continued to improve capabilities on a platform that debuted eighteen years ago, the sense of the show was not on new product announcements but on enhancements to legacy platforms and proving capability to meet demand expectations in a challenging global environment.—
Jerrold Lundquist,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
Noun
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This reality has sparked legitimate concerns about AI undermining climate progress.—
Tenzin Seldon,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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And although the show avoids preachy comparisons between its well-off, white climate refugees and their less privileged present-day counterparts, there’s plenty to notice about the international community’s indifference to the plight of the stateless.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 June 2025
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In this case, rapid, intense flash of electromagnetic energy were strong enough to ionize Earth's upper atmosphere and disrupt radio signals on the sunlit side of the planet, according to Space.com.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
19 June 2025
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The heat dome, defined as a high-pressure system in the upper atmosphere that traps heat and moisture below, is being driven by seasonal weather patterns and moisture pulled from the Gulf of Mexico.—
Barney Henderson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
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“Clime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clime. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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