cold frames

Definition of cold framesnext
plural of cold frame
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Noun
  • Twenty-six of the schools who’ve produced more than Carroll are located in the California or Florida hotbeds.
    Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The early-season tournaments or invitationals, such as Clearwater two weeks ago or the gem of this past week, the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic, are hotbeds for shocking upsets and surprising — and sometimes uncharacteristic — early-season thrillers.
    Molly Keshin, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Cox Farms now grows most of its tomatoes in greenhouses in Canada to avoid weather issues, according to Bradley.
    Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2026
  • As operations ratchet up this month at farm stands, on fields and in greenhouses, farmers worry about ICE's ripple effects into the summer growing season.
    Jennifer McLogan, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • But for the better part of the following decade, Crockett served as a movement instructor on the faculty of schools like her alma mater and conservatories like the Maggie Flanigan Studio.
    Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Still, the study’s findings challenge the emphasis on early signs of high performance that elite schools, conservatories and youth sport academies often look for when recruiting talent.
    Jake Angelo, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026
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“Cold frames.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cold%20frames. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.

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