Example Sentences

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“In summary, as part of heart-healthy dietary patterns, nontropical plant sources of fat should be used as part of food preparation in place of animal fats and tropical oils.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

The remnants of Merbok, once a Category 1-intensity Pacific typhoon, merged with a pair of nontropical storms as it veered toward the Bering Strait, the thin strip of water between Russia and Alaska.

From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2022

Soils are fed by nitrogen dripping from lichens in the canopy in abundant rain in one of the wettest nontropical places in the world, with some 5 to 11 feet of rain a year.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 14, 2022

The loss of natural habitats through nonagricultural use—that is, human settlements—and in nontropical areas is also high, but the conversion is greatest in the tropics and through big agriculture.

From Scientific American • Feb. 22, 2013

This fluorescent phenomenon was first described scientifically in a jellyfish from the decidedly nontropical waters of the Puget Sound in Washington State.

From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2012