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as in subtropical
being near the equator
wanted to escape winter and visit some tropical location where freezing to death would not be a possibility
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as in metaphorical
expressing one thing in terms normally used for another
an author given to high-flown tropical phrasings and convoluted symbology
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Recent Examples of tropical
The National Hurricane Center on Thursday lowered its forecast chances that a system that had moved over Florida the day previous could develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm.
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2025
Bill Kearney covers the environment, the outdoors and tropical weather.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 17 July 2025
Parts of the Southeast were facing a double whammy as a tropical rainstorm sweeps across Central Florida followed by a tropical depression forecast to make landfall Thursday in Louisiana, AccuWeather hurricane experts said.
—John Bacon, USA Today, 16 July 2025
Throughout their stay in a tropical oasis, Islanders will couple up to face brand new heart-racing challenges and bigger twists and turns than ever before.
—Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2025
Bill Kearney covers the environment, the outdoors and tropical weather.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 17 July 2025
Parts of the Southeast were facing a double whammy as a tropical rainstorm sweeps across Central Florida followed by a tropical depression forecast to make landfall Thursday in Louisiana, AccuWeather hurricane experts said.
—John Bacon, USA Today, 16 July 2025
Throughout their stay in a tropical oasis, Islanders will couple up to face brand new heart-racing challenges and bigger twists and turns than ever before.
—Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tropical
Adjective
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Hurricane forecasters have their eyes on a tropical disturbance brewing off the coast of the Southeast United States that has a moderate chance of formation into a cyclone − but could become a tropical or subtropical depression as early as the Fourth of July holiday weekend.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
3 July 2025
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Environmental conditions appear only marginally conducive for some slow development, but a tropical or subtropical depression could form in this region over the weekend or early next week while the system drifts northward or northeastward.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 July 2025
Adjective
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Unusual bone bed reveals a vertebrate community with pterosaurs and turtles in equatorial Pangaea before the end-Triassic extinction Rosie McCall is a freelance writer living in London.—
Rosie McCall,
Discover Magazine,
14 July 2025
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Thus, the beasts have retreated to a narrow equatorial band more reminiscent of their prehistoric environment, and are largely congregating on one remote island off the coast of French Guiana.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
4 July 2025
Adjective
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The Imperial Irrigation District, which provides water to farmers in the southeastern corner of California, drew a figurative line in the sand earlier this month, calling for a halt to the conversion of agricultural fields into solar panel farms.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
17 July 2025
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Our 2008 rudimentary data analytics revealed these anomalies, a figurative abacus compared to the sophisticated analytics technology OIGs and federal staff have nowadays.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 July 2025
Adjective
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The company dates back to the late 1930s and is known for its sweet candles in figural shapes such as Santas, snowmen, and carolers.—
Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
26 Nov. 2024
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The company dates back to the late 1930s and is known for its sweet candles in figural shapes such as Santas, snowmen, and carolers.—
Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
26 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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There's a gallery wall with pieces that are symbolic of some sort of lyric.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
19 July 2025
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In December 1950, four Scottish college students snatched the stone from Westminster Abbey as a symbolic show of support for Scottish independence.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 July 2025
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“Tropical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tropical. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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