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The moon does not orbit the Earth in a perfectly flat plane around our planet’s equator.
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 11 Mar. 2025
The robotic explorer is operating near the moon’s equator after a successful touchdown on March 2.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
While Apollo landed near the moon’s equator, Chandrayaan touched down at a latitude of 69 degrees north—well into the moon’s previously unexplored polar regions.
—Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2025
The video, taken as Blue Ghost descended just north of the moon’s equator within an ancient volcanic basin called Mare Crisium, shows the vehicle steadily making its way down before landing upright on its four legs.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 11 Mar. 2025
The robotic explorer is operating near the moon’s equator after a successful touchdown on March 2.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
While Apollo landed near the moon’s equator, Chandrayaan touched down at a latitude of 69 degrees north—well into the moon’s previously unexplored polar regions.
—Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2025
The video, taken as Blue Ghost descended just north of the moon’s equator within an ancient volcanic basin called Mare Crisium, shows the vehicle steadily making its way down before landing upright on its four legs.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equator
Noun
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Meteorologists say the area could see heavy rainfall, wind gusts of up to 70 mph and hail up to two inches in diameter.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
16 May 2025
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Hail the size of hen eggs, or around 2 inches in diameter, was reported in the Madison, Wisconsin, area.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC news,
16 May 2025
Noun
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The wardrobe staple is made of cotton grown, ginned, spun, knit, cut and sewn all within a 400-mile radius of the brand’s Nashville headquarters.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
12 May 2025
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The districts are established within a half-mile radius of a train station, a total of 320 acres, although the one for Beverly Shores and The Pines is about half that size.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
8 May 2025
Noun
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Pope Francis lit an evangelical fire in the Church’s conscience over the past decade, preaching about the peripheries, mercy, and care for the poor.—
Christopher Hale,
Time,
9 May 2025
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As Oracle Cloud Infrastructure also gains some traction on the periphery of this space, market watchers will need to start their analysis of cloud repatriation services with Nutanix alongside those public cloud offerings from AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform.—
Adrian Bridgwater,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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The percentage tells the public how much of the fire perimeter is believed to not go beyond the control lines.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
11 May 2025
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This was certifiably his worst night ever as a perimeter threat.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
10 May 2025
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“Equator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equator. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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