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
Unusual bone bed reveals a vertebrate community with pterosaurs and turtles in equatorial Pangaea before the end-Triassic extinction
Rosie McCall is a freelance writer living in London.
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Rosie McCall, Discover Magazine, 14 July 2025
Thus, the beasts have retreated to a narrow equatorial band more reminiscent of their prehistoric environment, and are largely congregating on one remote island off the coast of French Guiana.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 4 July 2025
Shady Big Pharma hotshot Martin Krebs (Rupert Friend) spares no expense in recruiting amoral special-ops vet Zora Bennett (Scarlett Johansson) and pragmatic paleontologist Henry Loomis (Jonathan Bailey) for a suicide mission to the off-limits equatorial habitat of Ile Saint-Hubert.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 30 June 2025
Set five years after Jurassic World: Dominion, the movie sees an expedition brave isolated equatorial regions to extract DNA from three massive prehistoric creatures for a groundbreaking medical breakthrough.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 18 June 2025
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Rosie McCall, Discover Magazine, 14 July 2025
Thus, the beasts have retreated to a narrow equatorial band more reminiscent of their prehistoric environment, and are largely congregating on one remote island off the coast of French Guiana.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 4 July 2025
Shady Big Pharma hotshot Martin Krebs (Rupert Friend) spares no expense in recruiting amoral special-ops vet Zora Bennett (Scarlett Johansson) and pragmatic paleontologist Henry Loomis (Jonathan Bailey) for a suicide mission to the off-limits equatorial habitat of Ile Saint-Hubert.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 30 June 2025
Set five years after Jurassic World: Dominion, the movie sees an expedition brave isolated equatorial regions to extract DNA from three massive prehistoric creatures for a groundbreaking medical breakthrough.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equatorial
Adjective
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The slides snake through lush gardens filled with palm trees and tropical birds.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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That paradise is North Sea Jazz Festival, a 3-day celebration of local and international sonics, food and tropical bliss that descends upon the island’s capital of Willemstad each year, but with none before having gone as big as 2025’s rendition.—
Chris Barilla,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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By contrast, the plants pollinated by animals were related to subtropical palms, silk-cotton trees and other plants that typically grow in dry tropical climates.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Sand tiger sharks are a large, slow-moving shark species found in temperate and subtropical waters around the world, including the eastern United States, South Africa, and Australia.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Equatorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equatorial. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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