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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.
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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.
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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.
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Dawn Klavon,
People.com,
7 Mar. 2025
Savor a massage in the gorgeous tropic gardens at the spa or choose to enjoy them indoors.
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Robin Raven,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
Hurricane Beryl made landfall in Texas on Monday as a Category 1 before weakening into a tropic storm.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Martin J. Kernan,
Scientific American,
1 June 2023
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tropic
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Internal balconies were illuminated by faint blue lights in constellation displays, half-hidden among the foliage to create an illusion of the external edifice of some tropical villa.
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This July, nail colors are heating up with luxe blues, simmering reds, and tropical corals.
Adjective
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Upon returning to Brazil, Burle Marx began collecting tropical and subtropical species with rare intensity, eventually transforming his home outside Rio into a living archive of Brazilian flora, more than 3,500 plants strong.
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Indigenous to the tropical and subtropical regions of Central America, South America, and Mexico, dragon fruit is now also cultivated stateside in California, Florida, and Hawaii, as well as in Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, China, and Indonesia, and the Middle East, among other regions.
Adjective
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After the fall of Saigon in 1975, huge numbers of refugees settled here, drawn by the semitropical climate and robust fisheries.
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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.
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“Tropic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tropic. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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