raise/lower the temperature
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: to make people more/less angry about a situation
The governor's speech raised/lowered the political temperature.
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Porphyrion’s jets are estimated to contain the total power of trillions of suns and raise the temperature of surrounding gas by a million degrees Celsius.
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Saima S. Iqbal, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2024
In a misguided effort to lower the temperature of conflict on campuses and save university presidents from being a punching bag for every corner of society, more than 20 schools have adopted institutional neutrality rules since last year’s Oct. 7 Hamas attacks and the Israeli response.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 19 Oct. 2024
This helps to lower the temperature of a separate flow of water that gets pumped through the hospital’s cooling system.
—Chris Baraniuk, WIRED, 3 Sep. 2024
One British thermal unit is equivalent to 1,055 joules and will raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit.
—Matthew J. C. Clark, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
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Saima S. Iqbal, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2024
In a misguided effort to lower the temperature of conflict on campuses and save university presidents from being a punching bag for every corner of society, more than 20 schools have adopted institutional neutrality rules since last year’s Oct. 7 Hamas attacks and the Israeli response.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 19 Oct. 2024
This helps to lower the temperature of a separate flow of water that gets pumped through the hospital’s cooling system.
—Chris Baraniuk, WIRED, 3 Sep. 2024
One British thermal unit is equivalent to 1,055 joules and will raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit.
—Matthew J. C. Clark, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024
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“Raise/lower the temperature.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/raise%2Flower%20the%20temperature. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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