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as in subtropical
being near the equator
wanted to escape winter and visit some tropical location where freezing to death would not be a possibility
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as in metaphorical
expressing one thing in terms normally used for another
an author given to high-flown tropical phrasings and convoluted symbology
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Recent Examples of tropical
Spend The Day At Crane Point Museum, Nature Center, and Historic Site
This 64-acre tropical oasis is jampacked with things for the entire family to do.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2025
Starts for tropical vegetables like sweet potatoes and chayotes can be found at grocery stores.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2025
Esters, organic compounds formed when acids, typically lactic or acetic, react with alcohol, contribute to floral, fruity, and tropical aromas, especially banana, pineapple, and pear.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Flood damage, of course, can be repaired, and many homes hit by off-the-chart events like Fort Lauderdale’s 2023 rain bomb or unnamed tropical deluges that have flooded Miami-Dade communities from Little Havana to Sweetwater aren’t all necessarily high risk.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2025
Starts for tropical vegetables like sweet potatoes and chayotes can be found at grocery stores.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2025
Esters, organic compounds formed when acids, typically lactic or acetic, react with alcohol, contribute to floral, fruity, and tropical aromas, especially banana, pineapple, and pear.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Flood damage, of course, can be repaired, and many homes hit by off-the-chart events like Fort Lauderdale’s 2023 rain bomb or unnamed tropical deluges that have flooded Miami-Dade communities from Little Havana to Sweetwater aren’t all necessarily high risk.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tropical
Adjective
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In tropical and subtropical rainforests, some butterflies drink from fruits that drop to the ground.—
Gary Stoller,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Currently, 181 genera with around 2,600 species are known, most of which are restricted to tropical and subtropical climates.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
13 Apr. 2025
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Most of the world’s coffee is grown in an equatorial region that spans Latin America, the Asia-Pacific region and Africa known as the Coffee Belt.—
Amelia Lucas,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2025
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El Niño is the warmer half of the cycle, an alternating pattern of contrasting climate shifts defined by sea surface temperatures and precipitation in a block of the equatorial Pacific that depart from the neutral norm.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2025
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These installations highlight how Kansas City evolved from primarily historical statuary to a mix of conceptual and figurative public art.—
Courtney Lane,
Kansas City Star,
15 Apr. 2025
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As for the current exhibition, Hood hopes people will gain a deeper awareness of figurative art and enjoy experiencing the artwork through the free exhibitions and community workshops.—
Liz Rothaus Bertrand,
Charlotte Observer,
19 Feb. 2025
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The company dates back to the late 1930s and is known for its sweet candles in figural shapes such as Santas, snowmen, and carolers.—
Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
26 Nov. 2024
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The company dates back to the late 1930s and is known for its sweet candles in figural shapes such as Santas, snowmen, and carolers.—
Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
26 Nov. 2024
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On a broader avenue, people stood on the sidewalks, cheering and mourning and taking pictures with their smartphones—thousands of real-time, utterly personal interpretations of the Pope’s final symbolic journey.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
27 Apr. 2025
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Yet given everything creators Sera Gamble and Greg Berlanti have communicated about Joe over the show’s five seasons, castration doesn’t quite feel satisfying as a proportional symbolic response to Joe’s tenure of terror.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Tropical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tropical. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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