lows

noun

plural of low
as in squalls

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Recent Examples of lows The current heat wave is expected to bring the hottest temperatures of the year for many places and the lows are not going to be low. — Ignacio Calderon, USA Today, 3 July 2026 Overnight lows are expected to remain in the low 80s for many of those areas. — Scott Neuman, NPR, 2 July 2026 Overnight lows will stay warm, ranging from the upper 70s to low 80s, especially near the coast and in urban areas. — Nic Merianos, CBS News, 17 June 2026 Overnight lows will range from the upper 50s to low 60s in the valleys to the mid-60s to mid-70s about 500 feet in elevation. — Anthony Edwards, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2026 Overnight lows are likely to bottom out at around 26 degrees in the San Antonio metro area, likely falling into the low 20s across the Hill Country. — Anthony Franze, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lows
  1. squalls
  2. callings
  3. peeps
  4. grunts
  5. quacks
  6. bays
  7. howls
  8. roars
Noun
  • Cold rain fell in an endless drizzle, broken only by harder squalls.
    — Fred Bear, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2026
  • The latter, in particular, braids the bittersweet melodies of anorak-sporting vintage twee with ear-bleeding country-grunge that evokes Meat Puppets’ heaviest squalls.
    — Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 1 May 2026
Definition of squalls
Noun
  • Unlike in fields where avocations have to replace callings, academic retirees go on to pen as many articles and books as decline permits.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
  • Before God, Puritan preachers taught, all human callings, all useful work, is equal.
    — Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026
Definition of callings
Noun
  • Congrats to the peeps that represent!
    — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026
  • The unit is thick enough to be visible under the wearer’s T-shirt, say, and an air vent peeps out of the clothing.
    — David Phelan, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
Definition of peeps
Noun
  • On the southern end of the loop, check out the interactive Bison Center to feel hides, hear the creatures’ varied grunts and bleats, and learn about the park’s efforts to sustainably maintain the herd.
    — Jess Hoffert, Midwest Living, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Most fights consist of dealing with waves of basic grunts with the occasional bruiser or shooter thrown in to keep you on edge.
    — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 26 May 2026
Definition of grunts
Noun
  • But let’s circle back to TV‘s patron saint of affable, oft–insidious quacks.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Automatic ducking doesn't add quacks to your soundtrack.
    — PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 15 Nov. 2025
Definition of quacks
Noun
  • This hamlet is Liguria reduced to its essence, with a coastline flanked by the requisite colored stone fishermen’s houses, and tranquil bays—Prelo, Trelo, and Pomaro--rimmed by sand and pebble beaches.
    — Catherine Sabino, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Completing the estate is an attached three-car garage, with one of the bays equipped with a custom security station.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of bays
Noun
  • Their chorus of howls and yowls was all that kept them connected to the hunters who lagged far behind.
    — Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Somewhere in the heated mist hovered the howls of Albert Ayler and the clarion call of his brother Donald’s trumpet, followed by the Ornette Coleman Quartet, saluting him with joyous cacophony.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2026
Definition of howls
Noun
  • Exactly 60 years after Williams’ induction speech on the steps of the Hall of Fame, Baker walked into the Hall and was greeted by the loud roars of another Boston Red Sox legend, David Ortiz.
    — Jose de Jesus Ortiz, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2026
  • Johnson’s first budget made the CARE pilot permanent and doubled staff positions in 2024, to roars of approval from his progressive base.
    — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026
Definition of roars

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