tropics
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pluralof tropic.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
tropic
Example Sentences
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"More than 80 percent of insect species occur in the tropics, yet these are the very places where we have some of the biggest gaps in our knowledge," Dr. Chowdhury said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
Heat still has to move away from the tropics.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
It took millions of years before primates colonized the tropics, the study shows.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026
"The Northern Lights may be distant from the tropics, but the horizons we seek are increasingly one and the same," Indian lawmaker Shashi Tharoor wrote, in the Indian Express daily.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
On the outskirts of the capital they built a storybook cottage, two stories, fretted with eaves and little porches and window boxes, an incongruous Alpine look in the tropics.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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