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Recent Examples of weather
Noun
Other parts of the southeastern US could see hazardous weather Friday afternoon and evening. Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 30 May 2025 In addition to editing content, Alex also covers breaking news, writing about crime and severe weather as well as everything from multistate lottery jackpots to the July Fourth hot dog eating contest. David Morgan, CBS News, 30 May 2025
Verb
Minnesota had to weather heavy pressure at the start of that match in Texas, with forward Osman Bukari having two quality chances. Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 23 May 2025 Energy companies that have diversified into natural gas, petrochemicals, or renewable energy may be better positioned to weather the shift. Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for weather
Recent Examples of Synonyms for weather
Noun
  • Severe thunderstorm warnings and flash flood advisories were active across much of southern Texas on Wednesday, including the cities of San Antonio and Corpus Christi.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 29 May 2025
  • There is a chance for late afternoon showers and thunderstorms, the weather service said.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2025
Verb
  • Wisdom is what allows critical care physicians like me not just to recite a definition of pneumonia but to sit with a family in crisis and interpret what that pneumonia means for the life of their loved one, who now needs the ventilator to survive.
    Venktesh Ramnath, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2025
  • Having thrived on the continent for 15 million years, pigeons couldn’t survive a mere three centuries of the free market.
    Dan Flores, Time, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • Temperatures are expected to cool to a low around 43 degrees into Thursday night with a precipitation chance of 80%, according to the National Weather Service.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 21 May 2025
  • On Friday, the chance of precipitation is expected to drop from Thursday, forecasts show, and the high temperature may climb slightly to the upper 50s.
    Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • In a sudden forecast turnabout, metro Detroit went from April thundershowers and tornado warnings one day to a warm, sunny day the next, with temperatures in the upcoming week expected to reach the 70s.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Not your generic, garden-variety thundershower.
    Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 29 Apr. 2021
Noun
  • In fact, the rain actually bought Hardin some time after his escape, according to Champion.
    Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 30 May 2025
  • In Baltimore, the Red Sox held a 3-2 lead over the last-place Orioles when an 86-minute rain delay interrupted the proceedings during the seventh-inning stretch.
    Tim Britton, New York Times, 30 May 2025

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“Weather.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weather. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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