late winter
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflateandwinter
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late
adjective
adverb
uk/leɪt/us/leɪt/
(happening or being) near the end of a period ...
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winter
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈwɪn.tər/us/ˈwɪn.t̬ɚ/
the season between autumn and spring, lasting from November to March north of the equator and from May to September south of the equator, when the weather ...
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(Definition oflateandwinterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Predictinglatewinterdistribution of muskoxen using an index of terrain ruggedness.
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Normally, seedlings emerged inlatewinteror early spring, and very few remained ungerminated.
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The incubation period starts inlatewinteror early spring, when wintered adults are exposed to generally increasing temperatures, which trigger their emergence.
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Participants were recruited in thelatewinterof 2000 and 2001, via newspaper and radio advertisements, promotion by provincial agricultural representatives, and word of mouth among farmers.
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Although births occurred throughout the year, a distinctly seasonal pattern of breeding activity was indicated with most births occurring fromlatewinterto early summer.
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The program was conducted in thelatewinterto allow for the construction of an overland winter route to the site, since the river was not navigable by barge.
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At the equinox and, briefly, inlatewinter, token patches of red and blue are projected onto the pulpit wall and through external reflection onto the ceiling.
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The whole thing changed dramatically in thelatewinterand early spring.
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The depletion is higher inlatewinterand spring than in summer.
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The position is that if there is no rain, problems may arise in thelatewinterand early spring of next year.
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Fortunately, the damage caused by severe weather during thelatewinterwas not so bad that any modifications to the major works programme are required.
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The yield gathered out of the ground from the acreage planted was almost exactly the quantity that the country consumes, but the weather took its toll in thelatewinter.
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All imports are on private account; they are marketed here during thelatewinterand spring months when home-produced supplies of fruit are very small or non-existent.
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At least, it would have helped to preserve the balance of marketing and prevent overloading of the market in autumn with scarcity of supplies inlatewinterand early spring.
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