How to Use latitude in a Sentence

latitude

noun
  • The judge has wide latitude to reject evidence for the trial.
  • We weren't given much latitude in deciding how to do the job.
  • Madrid and New York City are on nearly the same latitude.
  • Extend that line of latitude around the world to know who on the globe can see this star.
    Star Tribune, 14 Feb. 2021
  • The law gives officers wide latitude to use force on the job.
    Emilie Eaton, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Once the project begins, teams have more latitude with tasks and speed.
    Nick Leighton, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2022
  • The lines of latitude also make circles around the Earth.
    Rhett Allain, WIRED, 3 May 2018
  • Others would give states more latitude to opt out of the system.
    Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 9 Mar. 2022
  • The arctic is warming at four times the rate of lower latitudes.
    Wes Siler, Outside Online, 2 Feb. 2023
  • The Giants have given him latitude to do the right thing.
    John Shea, SFChronicle.com, 26 Oct. 2019
  • This gives sheriffs wide latitude to shape how the law is enforced.
    Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2018
  • The First Amendment gives broad latitude to what hosts can say on the air.
    New York Times, 10 Feb. 2021
  • And Trump would have wide latitude to change his mind up until that point.
    Jennifer A Dlouhy, Bloomberg.com, 1 June 2017
  • Eggers gives himself more latitude at the outset of a project.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Was there something about Tony that gave him more latitude with that kind of thing?
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 9 July 2022
  • At very high latitudes, that hotter, damper air tends not to show up.
    Robin George Andrews, National Geographic, 13 Aug. 2019
  • Others leave their old latitudes behind and set sail on the highways or high seas.
    Anne Tergesen, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Districts will have wide latitude in deciding how to use the cash.
    oregonlive, 17 Mar. 2021
  • During the peak, the dipper will hang low in the northern sky for mid-latitude observers.
    Andrew Fazekas, National Geographic, 20 Dec. 2019
  • But the courts have given pretty wide latitude in terms of states being allowed to make those kinds of rules.
    ABC News, 6 Feb. 2022
  • Sanders and Gyakum adjusted the ground rules to vary based on latitude.
    Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Either way, seeing the aurora with the naked eye at such a low latitude is rare.
    oregonlive, 29 Oct. 2021
  • The times and dates given apply to mid-northern latitudes.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2023
  • As the world warms, the jet stream is likely to move to higher latitudes, which could lead to even more blocking events.
    Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 5 Mar. 2020
  • But the law provides governors with great latitude on where to direct that tax break.
    Emily Hopkins, Indianapolis Star, 13 Nov. 2019
  • Now, there is far less fiscal latitude to help the borrowers who most need it.
    Preston Cooper, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022
  • This results in a nearly equal amount of daylight and darkness at all latitudes.
    Andrew Clark, Indianapolis Star, 19 June 2019
  • These three Civics offer a wide latitude of driving virtue and price points.
    Car and Driver, 28 Nov. 2018
  • At the Mid-South latitude, there may be no finer day to hunt.
    Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 15 Mar. 2021
  • In fact, this region of Norway is the warmest place on earth at this latitude.
    Mallory Farrugia, Vogue, 14 Nov. 2019

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