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Recent Examples of polar In 2005, an earthquake in Indonesia shifted the Earth’s polar mass about one inch toward the east, decreasing the length of a day by 2.68 microseconds—or millionths of a second. Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 July 2025 Between the 1980s and 2015, the surface of the polar Southern Ocean was freshening, or growing less salty. Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025 Winter Storm Blair brings dozens of flight delays, cancellations in Texas on Monday Unlike the polar vortex, which brought arctic air down from Canada, this storm is predicted to form over Texas beginning Tuesday night through Thursday. Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 Industry and civil society are polar opposites: 78% of industry actors are accelerationists or national security hawks, while close to 75% of civil society respondents focus on public interest and responsible AI advocacy. Paulo Carvão, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for polar
Recent Examples of Synonyms for polar
Adjective
  • Anti-fragile leaders have learned to embrace paradox – holding apparently contradictory truths simultaneously and using that tension as competitive fuel.
    Tarun Galagali, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
  • Aster is constantly muddying his characters with contradictory views and selfish motives, so that no one’s hands are entirely clean.
    Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 17 July 2025
Adjective
  • Gelato is very similar to ice cream, but only relies on milk instead of heavy cream for a slightly lighter, icier texture than traditional homemade ice cream.
    Erin Hooker, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2025
  • Stock tip: Migrate to icier territories… Aston Villa 6/1 Last five results: WLWWW A two-goal deficit to overcome in the Champions League quarter-final return leg against Paris Saint-Germain next week likely spells the end of Villa’s European aspirations.
    Brett Koremenos, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • And the other pulls her in the opposite direction — inwards into her own head where anxiety is just waiting to regale her with all the worst case scenarios it's drummed up while she's been out being a famous comedian.
    Rachel Martin, NPR, 24 July 2025
  • By chance, one camera caught a rare video, capturing the moment when the ground cracked and shifted in opposite directions.
    Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2025
Adjective
  • This lunar feature is an enormous basaltic plain, which formed billions of years ago when lava flows flooded gigantic impact basins, before hardening in the frigid space environment.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 20 July 2025
  • People were even sharing frigid places to escape the heat.
    Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 16 July 2025
Adjective
  • One factor that does serve to lend a veneer of playful irony to the film’s contrary elements is Aaron Gilhuis’ original score.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 15 July 2025
  • Why are denials effective even in the presence of contrary evidence?
    ROSEANNE MCMANUS, Foreign Affairs, 28 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The story shocked the Kansas City area: the men’s bodies were discovered outside in freezing temperatures.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 24 July 2025
  • It also cannot be laid in freezing temperatures, which complicates scheduling.
    Lee Igel, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
Adjective
  • Everyone’s temperature preferences differ—some sleep hot, others cold.
    Alyssa Hui-Anderson, Verywell Health, 15 July 2025
  • For evening or colder climates, go with the Parallel Pant.
    Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Adjective
  • The tour included a chilly ice-cool tunnel, set up to mirror the cooling effect of Air 10's Ice Cooling tech.
    Nia Bowers, USA Today, 16 July 2025
  • On a chilly night in April 2023, Charlotte Walker got a text message.
    Tamia Fowlkes, jsonline.com, 16 July 2025

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“Polar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polar. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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