heat wave
noun
a period of abnormally hot and usually humid weather; heat event.
heat waves
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pluralof heat wave.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"We hope this new research will inspire solutions that keep corals healthy long enough to enable full recovery after heat waves through slower processes such as growth, reproduction, and recruitment of new colonies."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
Ramallo said most DWP customers stay within the first two tiers and don’t hit Tier 3, even during heat waves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
But she has also lived through a hurricane in Houston, heat waves in California and polar-vortex cold snaps in Connecticut.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Her school buildings, she added, were "boiling hot" during the recent heat waves.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
At first it was just a shimmer against the craggy mountainside; a quivering spot in the air like heat waves rising from a hot car.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
