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Recent Examples of equator
On March 20, the sun will shine directly over Earth's equator, creating roughly 12 hours of day and night across the world.
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John Tufts, IndyStar, 20 Feb. 2025
All pre-existing images of the sun were taken from within about 7 degrees of its equator.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 June 2025
Scientists have enjoyed close-up images of the sun before, but before now, they have all been captured from around the sun’s equator by spacecraft and observatories orbiting along a plane similar to Earth’s path around the sun.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 11 June 2025
Arsia Mons is the southernmost volcano in a trio called the Tharsis Montes, or the Tharsis mountains, which are located in Mars' western hemisphere near its equator.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 9 June 2025
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John Tufts, IndyStar, 20 Feb. 2025
All pre-existing images of the sun were taken from within about 7 degrees of its equator.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 June 2025
Scientists have enjoyed close-up images of the sun before, but before now, they have all been captured from around the sun’s equator by spacecraft and observatories orbiting along a plane similar to Earth’s path around the sun.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 11 June 2025
Arsia Mons is the southernmost volcano in a trio called the Tharsis Montes, or the Tharsis mountains, which are located in Mars' western hemisphere near its equator.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equator
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Along this path, numerous trees were snapped, topped or severely damaged, including a sycamore tree 3 feet in diameter that was uprooted in winds estimated at 90 mph, according to the NWS.—
Todd Karpovich,
Baltimore Sun,
15 July 2025
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Based on their results, the crater was significantly smaller, about 16 kilometers in diameter.—
David Bressan,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Measuring radii and masses of stars appears to be out of scientists’ reach.—
Andrej Prša,
The Conversation,
23 July 2025
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However, legislators noted, as of June 2025 only about 65,000 hotel rooms exist within a hundred-mile radius of the city.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
23 July 2025
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That outward growth extends to neighborhoods on the periphery of Nashville and Davidson County.—
Austin Hornbostel,
The Tennessean,
26 July 2025
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On the northern periphery of this heat, the threat for severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall across the northern Plains and upper Midwest through Tuesday.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 July 2025
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Instead of focusing exclusively on perimeter defense models, organizations must understand the types of PII today's bad actors possess—and use that information against them to build strong and sustainable security postures.—
Damon Fleury,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Firefighters continued to battle the fire on all sides, utilizing heavy equipment in some areas to establish a perimeter on the blaze and extinguish hot spots.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
20 July 2025
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“Equator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equator. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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