hemisphere

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Recent Examples of hemisphere The longest night happens on the solstice because the hemisphere is in its furthest position from the sun. Amanda Cappelli, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2024 Your insights in this book were informed by the work of neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor, who says the brain’s right hemisphere is home to creativity, compassion and peace, while the analytical, linear left hemisphere is where anxiety lives. Sandy Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025 This meteor shower is best viewed after midnight from either hemisphere. Jamie Carter, Space.com, 29 Dec. 2024 The Geminids are visible in the Northern and Southern hemispheres, though a nearly full moon could wash out some fainter shooting stars in this year’s show. Denise Chow, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hemisphere 

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“Hemisphere.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hemisphere. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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