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Recent Examples of equator
On March 16 and 17, the Solar Orbiter took images at a 15-degree tilt from the Sun’s equator.
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Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 12 June 2025
While Robert Zubrin sketched out blueprints to construct a web of domes using super-strength Kevlar, Wordsworth made the remarkable discovery that hemispheres built of silica aerogel would heat up the interior by 50 degrees Kelvin, above the melting point of frozen H2O along the Martian equator.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
The feature can be found around 25 degrees south of the lunar equator close to the terminator, which is the line separating the dayside and nightside of the moon, close to the prominent Werner and Aliacensis Craters.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 1 July 2025
The band of clouds that forms across the planet’s equator at this time of year, called the aphelion cloud belt, is on prominent display in Odyssey’s new panorama.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 18 June 2025
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Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 12 June 2025
While Robert Zubrin sketched out blueprints to construct a web of domes using super-strength Kevlar, Wordsworth made the remarkable discovery that hemispheres built of silica aerogel would heat up the interior by 50 degrees Kelvin, above the melting point of frozen H2O along the Martian equator.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
The feature can be found around 25 degrees south of the lunar equator close to the terminator, which is the line separating the dayside and nightside of the moon, close to the prominent Werner and Aliacensis Craters.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 1 July 2025
The band of clouds that forms across the planet’s equator at this time of year, called the aphelion cloud belt, is on prominent display in Odyssey’s new panorama.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equator
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The specifications of the Fission Surface Power Project called for a system that weighs just 6 tons, can fit into a cylinder 13 feet in diameter and 20 feet long, and can work for 10 years, self-regulated, with no maintenance or refuelling required.—
Christopher Helman,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Harvest when the bulb is about the size of a tennis ball, 2 to 3 inches in diameter.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Measuring stellar radii Kepler’s harmonic law, unfortunately, tells astronomers nothing about the radii of stars.—
Andrej Prša,
Space.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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If an attacker manages to breach one segment, they are prevented from moving laterally to other segments, drastically limiting the blast radius of any attack.—
Jody Brazil,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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But time moves quickly in football and Grealish found himself at the periphery of Pep Guardiola’s plans last term, starting just seven Premier League games.—
Dan Cancian,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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The areas considered at risk are mostly on the city's periphery where building density is lower and structures are closer to plots of flammable grasslands, pastures and other types of wildlands.—
Ella McCarthy,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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This is what 61% containment means Containment indicates what percentage of the fire perimeter has been surrounded by a control line.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Groce joins Gainesville Buchholz standout athlete Justin Williams and 4-star receiver Marquez Daniel as explosive perimeter playmakers in the Napier’s fifth recruiting class at UF.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Equator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equator. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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