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- noun Plural form of
clime .
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Examples
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The retirement trend that has long focused geriatric relocations to warm southern climes is now shifting to the Rocky Mountain West.
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The retirement trend that has long focused geriatric relocations to warm southern climes is now shifting to the Rocky Mountain West.
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Several studies of the retirement market have concluded that the greatest single obstacle to attracting more retirees to Mexico's warm and sunny climes is the lack of suitable property mortgages.
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The retirement trend that has long focused geriatric relocations to warm southern climes is now shifting to the Rocky Mountain West.
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Several studies of the retirement market have concluded that the greatest single obstacle to attracting more retirees to Mexico's warm and sunny climes is the lack of suitable property mortgages.
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For the next scene comes life in Southern climes --
Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People Constance D'Arcy Mackay
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"That's all right," said Mrs. Bax, who has learnt in anti-what's-its-name climes the great art of not asking too many questions.
New Treasure Seekers Edith 1925
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"_That's_ all right," said Mrs. Bax, who has learnt in anti-what's-its-name climes the great art of not asking too many questions.
New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune 1891
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He could never have seen it in a city of these northern climes, that is certain.
The Open Air Richard Jefferies 1867
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Somateria mollisima is a seaduck that breeds colonially in the far north across North America, Europe, and Siberia (it is in the far north where eiderdown is collected from nests once the birds have left them, a practice that is sustainable and causes no harm) but spends its winters in more temperate climes, which is where most birders, including this one, manage to track it down.
10,000 Birds 2010
victoriapl commented on the word climes
"She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies"
She Walks In Beauty by Lord Byron
December 4, 2007