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
The building is just a half-block from the Q train at 86th Street and is about equidistant from Carl Schurz and Central Parks.
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Kim Velsey, Curbed, 17 June 2025
Our apartment building was more or less equidistant from two large hospitals, and the sirens never stopped.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2025
In mid-February — almost perfectly equidistant between the Paris Olympics and the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo — five men clocked world records at distances ranging from 1500 metres up to the half-marathon.
—Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
The Presidente is almost equidistant from the district office at 14621 Oak Ln.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 2025
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Kim Velsey, Curbed, 17 June 2025
Our apartment building was more or less equidistant from two large hospitals, and the sirens never stopped.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2025
In mid-February — almost perfectly equidistant between the Paris Olympics and the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo — five men clocked world records at distances ranging from 1500 metres up to the half-marathon.
—Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
The Presidente is almost equidistant from the district office at 14621 Oak Ln.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 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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Although current devices gather relatively basic information like sleep states, advocates for brain data protection caution that future technologies, including artificial intelligence, could extract more personal and sensitive information about people’s medical conditions or innermost thoughts.—
Kff Health News,
Denver Post,
25 July 2025
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This is especially true with Mars charging up your intimate eighth house of mergers and emotional bonds, while in harmony with Venus in your fourth house of innermost feelings.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
22 May 2025
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The asteroid is a rare example of an A-type asteroid, which are typically found in the inner asteroid belt and have a reddish spectrum with a strong chemical fingerprint of the mineral olivine.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The narrative might be summarized like this: supernatural Taylor Swift-type kills evil spirits while struggling with her own inner demons.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Equidistant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equidistant. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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