tropic

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Recent Examples of tropic Offered on a steel bracelet, NATO strap, or tropic rubber strap with a pin buckle or deployant clasp, this is a non-limited model that will now be part of the brand’s permanent collection. Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 30 Apr. 2025 Tree Hut tropic glow sugar scrub: on sale for $8.04 (30% off) Original price: $11.49 (Ulta) Use this sugar scrub from Tree Hut to remove dull, dry skin to reveal glowing, soft, smooth skin. Nora Colomer, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2025 In the grueling six-month course, the former high school track star trained in remote forest, desert, coastal, tropic and open ocean environments — and mastered first aid and hand-to-hand combat. Dawn Klavon, People.com, 7 Mar. 2025 Savor a massage in the gorgeous tropic gardens at the spa or choose to enjoy them indoors. Robin Raven, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025 Hurricane Beryl made landfall in Texas on Monday as a Category 1 before weakening into a tropic storm. David Faris, Newsweek, 9 July 2024 After a total of nine hours under the waves, two men with chattering teeth were able to emerge from their frigid craft into bright sunshine, blue skies and tropic heat. William J. Broad, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2023 For long hours Monday, gray clouds seemed to presage rain, and the damp air seemed to enhance the sultry sense of tropic life. Martin Weil, Washington Post, 4 July 2023 The engine that powers every tropic cyclone is convection: enormous volumes of moist, rising air create a vacuum at the surface that sucks in surrounding air as spiraling winds. Martin J. Kernan, Scientific American, 1 June 2023
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Adjective
  • Though no tropical cyclones have formed in the Atlantic or Pacific so far this year, the National Hurricane Center says a tropical depression could form next week in the eastern Pacific Ocean south of Mexico.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 23 May 2025
  • The nose presents a vibrant blend of orchard, stone, and tropical fruits, accompanied by hints of vanilla, light brown sugar, and caramel.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Adjective
  • More than 3,000 tropical and subtropical species of plants and trees, as well as the inhabitants of the Everglades Wildlife Sanctuary: alligators, bobcats, otters, eagles, a black bear and, of course, flamingos.
    Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 13 May 2025
  • Where is Chikungunya Transmitted? Chikungunya is primarily contracted in tropical and subtropical regions where the Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes—also known for spreading dengue and Zika viruses—are commonly found.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
Adjective
  • But the very climates that made these semitropical playgrounds the American dream of the 20th century threaten to break their reputations in the 21st century.
    Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Seasonal flooding hits large parts of China every summer, particularly in the semitropical south, while some northern regions this year have reported the worst floods in 50 years.
    Liz Lee, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Aug. 2023

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“Tropic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tropic. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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