as in halfway
located at the same distance
Points on a circle are equidistant from its center. Montreal is roughly equidistant from New York, Boston, and Toronto.
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Recent Examples of equidistant
Nixon also noted their meeting took place approximately equidistant from the White House as to Tokyo.
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Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
The region containing the landing zone is almost equidistant between the northern edge of Ptolemaeus, and the smaller Ukert crater to the north is best viewed during the weeks straddling a full moon.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 20 July 2025
At that point, the center of mass of the top block and the center of mass of the bottom block are equidistant from the edge of the table (the top block’s center of mass sits one quarter to the right of the edge, and the bottom block’s center of mass sits one quarter to the left of the edge).
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 6 July 2025
The hotel is almost equidistant from Central Park and Greenwich Village.
—Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
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Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
The region containing the landing zone is almost equidistant between the northern edge of Ptolemaeus, and the smaller Ukert crater to the north is best viewed during the weeks straddling a full moon.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 20 July 2025
At that point, the center of mass of the top block and the center of mass of the bottom block are equidistant from the edge of the table (the top block’s center of mass sits one quarter to the right of the edge, and the bottom block’s center of mass sits one quarter to the left of the edge).
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 6 July 2025
The hotel is almost equidistant from Central Park and Greenwich Village.
—Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equidistant
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Only two of Swift’s albums appear below the halfway mark on the 200-spot ranking.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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As Phoenix passes the halfway mark of this year’s monsoon, dramatic downpours, gusty haboobs and streaks of lightning across the sky have been mostly absent.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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The innermost planet is rocky, the second planet is likely a smaller, warmer version of Neptune, and the third exoplanet from its parent star, TOI 700d, is about 70% more massive and 19% larger in radius than Earth.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
2 Oct. 2025
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The Webb telescope has only been able to rule out any atmosphere on TRAPPIST-1 b, the innermost planet, but the jury is still out on the other six, Espinoza said, with TRAPPIST-1 e seen as one of the best candidates for liquid surface water.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
18 Sep. 2025
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And that’s while thousands of rental units sit unoccupied within Nashville’s inner highway loop, following a development boom that some development firms predict will lead to rent increases by 2027.—
Austin Hornbostel,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
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Over time, this can lead to painful and debilitating ulcers, typically occurring on the inner side of the leg above the ankle.—
Bryant Stamford,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Equidistant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equidistant. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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