How to Use equator in a Sentence

equator

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  • Again, the Ethiopian Ocean is west of Africa and south of the equator.
    — Mary Alexander, Quartz, 2 May 2021
  • But first SpaceX had to find a launch site near the equator.
    — Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2021
  • The oil palm plant grows best at ten degrees to the north and south of the equator.
    — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2021
  • Cut the melon in half through the equator and stand up with the cut side down.
    — Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2020
  • The clouds moved fastest around Venus' equator, where the heat from the sun is the most intense.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2020
  • For now, it's expected to hit the far side of the Moon near the equator on March 4.
    — Matthew Humphries, PCMAG, 27 June 2022
  • It’s the only species of penguin found north of the equator.
    — Dan Fellner, The Arizona Republic, 5 Jan. 2022
  • They are found in all deep oceans, from the equator to the edge of the pack ice in the Arctic and Antarctic.
    — al, 23 Nov. 2020
  • The donut shape follows the equator, leaving the North and South Poles free.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 16 Dec. 2020
  • The Earth’s rotation moves winds west to east around the globe and from the equator toward the poles.
    — USA Today, 12 Sep. 2022
  • March 20, also known as the spring equinox, marks the day when the sun crosses the equator and heads north.
    — Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Then much of the warm surface water heads east, along the equator.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2022
  • The rover will land at Oxia Planum, an area just north of the Martian equator.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 29 Dec. 2021
  • On a slow spinner, however, winds could flow all the way from the equator to the poles.
    — Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 9 June 2021
  • For people south of the equator, this equinox signals the coming of spring.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 25 Sep. 2021
  • The equinox is the moment the sun's rays shine directly on Earth's equator.
    — Editors, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2022
  • An equinox occurs when the sun lines up so that the equator bisects it.
    — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 20 June 2020
  • All spots north of the equator will have less than 12 hours of daylight today.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 21 Dec. 2021
  • Meanwhile, south of the equator, spring is about to begin.
    — Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 20 Sep. 2020
  • With the passing of the autumn equinox late last month, those of us who live far from the equator feel the change in the balance of day and night.
    — Frank Wilczek, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2022
  • On or near the equator, the light can be seen before dawn and after dusk throughout the year.
    — Rebecca Coffey, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Because the Earth bulges in the middle, mountains along the equator are farther from the core.
    — NBC News, 9 Dec. 2020
  • At this point, the center of the sun was shining directly on the Earth’s equator.
    — Jack Lee, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Sep. 2022
  • In the Atlantic Ocean north of the equator, two subspecies exist.
    — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 10 June 2021
  • If all goes well, it is set to touch down in Jezero, a 28-mile-wide crater north of Mars’ equator, at about 3 p.m.
    — Eva Botkin-Kowacki, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 July 2020
  • All winters are dark, and get darker the farther one lives from the equator.
    — Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2020
  • But moving to a country along the equator will get you closer.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 20 May 2022
  • South of the equator in the Southern Hemisphere, it's known as the vernal or spring equinox and marks the beginning of spring.
    — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2021
  • This equinox happens when the sun crosses the celestial equator, an imaginary line above the Earth’s equator, going from south to north.
    — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Wright said if InSight’s location near the planet’s equator is representative of the rest of Mars, there would be enough water underground to fill a global ocean at a depth of about a mile.
    — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 13 Aug. 2024

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