lows

Definition of lowsnext
plural of low

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of lows And that reality was especially stark considering that mortgage interest rates had hovered around record lows just a few years earlier, during the pandemic era of record-low interest rates. Matt Richardson, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026 Overnight lows are likely to bottom out at around 26 degrees in the San Antonio metro area, likely falling into the low 20s across the Hill Country. Anthony Franze, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Jan. 2026 Kansas counties including Atchison, Miami, Linn, Leavenworth, Johnson, and Wyandotte may see lows near 32 for the frost advisory and possibly as low as 28 under the freeze watch this weekend. Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025 Overnight lows will dip into the low to mid-60s. Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 13 Oct. 2025 Temperature data collected by the National Weather Service in Louisville from 1991-2020 show Louisville's average high temperature in October is about 70 degrees, while lows are typically in the low 50s. Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Oct. 2025 Across the region, overnight lows are expected to range in the low 60s to upper 50s on the Valley floor and low elevations with higher elevations seeing temperatures drop to the low 40s. Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lows
Noun
  • These squalls can lead to sudden spinouts and chain-reaction crashes because road conditions deteriorate rapidly.
    Joe Ruch, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Snow squalls are intense winter weather events often associated with strong cold fronts.
    KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Scott has certainly had multiple callings.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 27 Dec. 2025
  • Creative reuse of leftovers is one of my personal callings, so the idea resonated with me.
    Stephanie Ganz, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Decade after decade, the modern Congress has allowed its authority to be eroded, with only tiny and largely ineffective peeps of protest.
    Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Vergara and her peeps pose in front of the massive floral wall mural, which replaced the black one (same artist, though — Canada’s Candice Kaye).
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Ten minutes later the jaguar was only a quarter of a mile away, responding to the call with a loud series of grunts, very deep and coarse.
    Delbert L. Chears, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Two of the monkeys had applauded the event with hopping and grunts, but the other three had shot like arrows into the trees, chasing after the peculiar bird that had remained indifferent to their antics.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • But let’s circle back to TV‘s patron saint of affable, oft–insidious quacks.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Automatic ducking doesn't add quacks to your soundtrack.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 15 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • And Texas islands, with their shallow bays and seagrass meadows, are home to extensive wildlife.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The next year, discharges from Lake Okeechobee into the coastal estuaries fueled algal blooms that blanketed the bays in cyanobacteria and red tide.
    Michael Adno, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Aquilla Sadalla’s wordless vocals, a gorgeous swell of howls and heaves, complement the arrangement without becoming the focal point.
    Mark Richardson, Pitchfork, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The Wolf Moon name dates back to Indigenous and early Anglo-Saxon traditions, inspired by the winter wolves whose howls echoed across cold January nights.
    Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 3 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Could Jacob Bridgeman hear the roars for Rory McIlroy’s 30-foot make and still finish?
    Brody Miller, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The roars were back at the Riv on Thursday … and so was the rain.
    Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026

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“Lows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lows. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.

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