How to Use equator in a Sentence

equator

noun

• 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
• 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
• 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
• All spots north of the equator will have less than 12 hours of daylight today.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 21 Dec. 2021
• 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
• At this point, the center of the sun was shining directly on the Earth’s equator.
  — Jack Lee, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Sep. 2022
• 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
• Crouch down and, with a firm grip on your coconut, start giving it sharp blows on the ground around its equator.
  — Farokh Talati, Bon Appétit, 3 Feb. 2023
• Highs across northern Brazil, near the equator, will probably peak in the 90s.
  — Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2021
• The Maldives is a nation of islands in the Indian Ocean, that spans across the equator.
  — Nel-Olivia Waga, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
• Some of the same factors are working against those of us north of the equator, perhaps to an even greater degree.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2022
• For those north of the equator the summer solstice happens on June 20 or 21.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 21 Dec. 2022
• For the walnut topiary, start with a middle equator row and add rows up and down from there.
  — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 14 Sep. 2022
• For countries south of the equator, the moment is known as the vernal or spring equinox, marking the beginning of spring.
  — Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2022
• The subtropical jet stream is formed when warm air from the equator meets the cool air from the polar regions and flows from west to east.
  — Anusha Krishnan, Quartz, 30 May 2022
• The taiga is a belt of coniferous forest around the planet at between 50 and 60 degrees north of the equator.
  — Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2021
• Permafrost lies beneath 25% of lands north of the equator and under about 80% of Alaska.
  — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Jan. 2022
• The asteroid, called Bennu, is shaped like a spinning top and spans about one-third of a mile wide at its equator.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Nov. 2023
• People who live further from the equator, both north and south, tend to be diagnosed more.
  — Nikki Brown, PEOPLE.com, 9 June 2022
• The shear and dry air appear to have had their origins in the mid-latitudes, the area between 30 degrees and 60 degrees north of the equator.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 28 Nov. 2022
• But for people living south of the equator, this equinox means they are are heading into fall.
  — Forrest Brown, CNN, 19 Mar. 2022
• Certain parts of the world south of the equator will be able to witness a partial solar eclipse on Saturday.
  — Maria Jimenez Moya, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2022
• That marks the minute when the sun will be directly above the equator, making day and night nearly equal in length across the world, according to NASA.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 22 Sep. 2021
• The spacecraft will seek to land about 70.9 degrees south of the lunar equator, the same landing site chosen for Chandraayan-2's attempt.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 11 Feb. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024