as in tropical
being near the equator
a lush equatorial rain forest that is threatened by rampant development
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Recent Examples of equatorial
Those remaining live mostly in isolated equatorial environments — among them three colossal dinosaurs whose DNA may hold the key to a life-saving drug.
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Alex Ritman, Variety, 17 June 2025
These bones may lie within the Amazon and other equatorial regions of South America and Africa.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2025
And because of circulation and convection, the equatorial bands that face opposite Jupiter will also suffer significant water loss.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 3 June 2025
After putting all that information together, the team came up with a likely location — an equatorial supercontinent known as Gondwana.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
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Alex Ritman, Variety, 17 June 2025
These bones may lie within the Amazon and other equatorial regions of South America and Africa.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2025
And because of circulation and convection, the equatorial bands that face opposite Jupiter will also suffer significant water loss.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 3 June 2025
After putting all that information together, the team came up with a likely location — an equatorial supercontinent known as Gondwana.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for equatorial
Recent Examples of Synonyms for equatorial
Adjective
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Throughout their stay in a tropical oasis, Islanders will couple up to face brand new heart-racing challenges and bigger twists and turns than ever before.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
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Hosted by Jesse Palmer, the reality series welcomes former The Bachelor and The Bachelorette contestants to a tropical paradise for another shot at finding love.—
Allison DeGrushe Published,
EW.com,
7 July 2025
Adjective
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Some gradual tropical or subtropical development could occur thereafter as the low moves little.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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The National Hurricane Center on Monday gave the front a 20% chance to gradually develop into a tropical or subtropical system over the next seven days.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 June 2025
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“Equatorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equatorial. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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