as in temperate
marked by temperatures that are neither too high nor too low
an area with an equable climate would be our first choice for a place in which to settle
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Recent Examples of equable
Many aeronautical firsts occurred in the equable skies above this city.
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Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
Journalism’s trainer Michael McCarthy has been quite equable about all the chatter out of that direction.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Wolcott is an equable type with cropped dark hair and a preference for business-casual attire, which in the Pacific Northwest qualifies as formal wear.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
The elves with which the casual viewer or reader is familiar may be noble, equable creatures.
—Jack Butler, National Review, 31 Dec. 2023
Its colorful international cast of players and their equable manager, Carlo Ancelotti — returning after years to reverse the team’s fortunes — might easily have been invented in a Hollywood writers room.
—Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2023
Eric Duvall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
Journalism’s trainer Michael McCarthy has been quite equable about all the chatter out of that direction.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Wolcott is an equable type with cropped dark hair and a preference for business-casual attire, which in the Pacific Northwest qualifies as formal wear.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
The elves with which the casual viewer or reader is familiar may be noble, equable creatures.
—Jack Butler, National Review, 31 Dec. 2023
Its colorful international cast of players and their equable manager, Carlo Ancelotti — returning after years to reverse the team’s fortunes — might easily have been invented in a Hollywood writers room.
—Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for equable
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With temperate weather that allows for swimming, snorkeling, and forest spelunking, these getaways are also prime locations for napping to the gentle sound of waves by the beach.—
Skyli Alvarez,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 May 2026
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Climate change pushes both sides of the equation, expanding the range and season length of Aedes mosquitoes in temperate regions while intensifying transmission in the tropics that feeds the flow of infected travelers.—
John Drake,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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And what surprises many people outside Finland is that mild alcohol is actually a very common and almost emblematic part of the sauna experience.—
Brad Japhe,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Sunny investor attitudes stem from robust corporate earnings, as well as milder economic fallout from the war than some forecasters feared, some analysts previously told ABC News.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
14 May 2026
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“Equable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equable. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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