a map of the world showing lines of latitude and longitude
located at a latitude of 40 degrees north
Madrid and New York City are on nearly the same latitude.
islands located at different latitudes
We weren't given much latitude in deciding how to do the job.
The judge has wide latitude to reject evidence for the trial.
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Subramanian will have wide latitude at Combs’ sentencing Friday.—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025 But since 2000, the tropical bird’s territory has expanded north by hundreds of kilometers — more than 100 miles and about 2 degrees of latitude — along the Rio Grande and up toward San Antonio, said study coauthor Timothy Keitt.—Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025 Your best chance to catch a glimpse of the auroras is at very high latitudes, such as northern Canada, Alaska, Greenland and possibly the far north of Scotland, if the skies are clear.—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025 Legal protections, including a federal law known as Section 230, provide tech platforms with wide latitude to make their own content moderation decisions without being held liable for those decisions, however controversial.—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for latitude
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Latin latitudin-, latitudo, from latus wide; akin to Old Church Slavic postĭlati to spread
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