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Recent Examples of equator
Now, the northern band is closing in toward the solar equator, raising the prospect of even more storms.
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
September 22 marks this year’s Autumnal equinox, when the Earth’s equator is directly aligned with the sun—one of just two days each year with roughly equal amounts of daylight and darkness.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 15 Aug. 2025
Advertisement The moon’s orbit is not only elliptical, however, but cockeyed too, angled anywhere from 18° to 28° relative to the Earth’s equator.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 July 2025
The planet’s equator is warmer than its poles, creating a temperature gradient along the metallic-liquid hydrogen interface.
—Katherine Bourzac, IEEE Spectrum, 10 June 2024
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
September 22 marks this year’s Autumnal equinox, when the Earth’s equator is directly aligned with the sun—one of just two days each year with roughly equal amounts of daylight and darkness.
—Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 15 Aug. 2025
Advertisement The moon’s orbit is not only elliptical, however, but cockeyed too, angled anywhere from 18° to 28° relative to the Earth’s equator.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 July 2025
The planet’s equator is warmer than its poles, creating a temperature gradient along the metallic-liquid hydrogen interface.
—Katherine Bourzac, IEEE Spectrum, 10 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equator
Noun
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Start with a pot that’s 12 inches in diameter.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
13 Oct. 2025
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The new simulations could now resolve features that spanned distances six times Earth’s 8,000-mile (or 128,000-kilometer) diameter down to tens of thousands of miles – nearly 100 times better than previous simulations.—
Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti,
The Conversation,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That explosion forced people to evacuate in a one-mile radius around the site.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
15 Oct. 2025
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If your dog is lost, contact park rangers, post posters within a 3-mile radius of where the dog went missing and return to the area frequently in case the dog returns.—
Shelby Slade,
AZCentral.com,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The tissue moves around the periphery of the gastruloid before recirculating down its center — just as wine tears drip back down the side of a glass.—
Anna Demming,
Quanta Magazine,
10 Oct. 2025
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Dibling and Barry spent the half on the periphery.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Shannon will man larger perimeter players, but not necessarily the point of attack as often.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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For this Nuggets lineup, the average comes out to a pedestrian 6-9, with three capable perimeter defenders to assist the heavy-footed centers, two 40% 3-point shooters to space the floor, and a surplus of play-making talent.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Equator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equator. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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