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Recent Examples of equator
The first day of spring represents the vernal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere, an astronomical event that occurs when the sun aligns with the Earth's equator.
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Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
The moon does not orbit the Earth in a perfectly flat plane around our planet’s equator.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 11 Mar. 2025
The robotic explorer is operating near the moon’s equator after a successful touchdown on March 2.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
While Apollo landed near the moon’s equator, Chandrayaan touched down at a latitude of 69 degrees north—well into the moon’s previously unexplored polar regions.
—Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2025
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Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
The moon does not orbit the Earth in a perfectly flat plane around our planet’s equator.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 11 Mar. 2025
The robotic explorer is operating near the moon’s equator after a successful touchdown on March 2.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
While Apollo landed near the moon’s equator, Chandrayaan touched down at a latitude of 69 degrees north—well into the moon’s previously unexplored polar regions.
—Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equator
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Hail the size of hen eggs, or around 2 inches in diameter, was reported in the Madison, Wisconsin, area.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC news,
16 May 2025
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Meteorologists say the area could see heavy rainfall, wind gusts of up to 70 mph and hail up to two inches in diameter.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
16 May 2025
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Other highlights include a 24/7 fitness center with downtown views, a culinary concierge that can help arrange dining and cultural experiences around town, free cruiser bikes for wheeling around, and a complimentary house car that can take you anywhere within a five-mile radius.—
Mae Hamilton,
Travel + Leisure,
24 May 2025
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In a separate statement on its website, OpenAI said Stargate UAE has the potential to provide AI infrastructure and computing capacity within a 2,000-mile radius, reaching up to half the world’s population.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
22 May 2025
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Although wildfires scorch, storms rage and earthquakes shake all around the periphery of the film’s plot, these two lonely, early-middle-aged souls can’t stop their feelings despite clear impediments to true love like — oops!—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
20 May 2025
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Roy, however, examines the fiction and letters Woolf composed when he was stationed in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) as a colonial magistrate at the outer periphery of the British empire.—
Jenny Noyce,
JSTOR Daily,
14 May 2025
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Compton High is relying instead on a secure campus perimeter, cameras throughout campus and facial recognition technology.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2025
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While his admission may seem like a slight, cracking the list of the league’s top 10 defenders each season is a difficult task, particularly for perimeter players whose efforts aren’t as well represented by defensive metrics.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
23 May 2025
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“Equator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equator. Accessed 31 May. 2025.
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