latitudes

plural of latitude

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of latitudes Underwater ecosystems span Japan’s islands and latitudes. Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025 October is also a peak month for displays of the Northern Lights; if geomagnetic activity is high, some observers at northern latitudes may also see the comet amid auroras. Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 An unusually high-density solar stream buffeted Jupiter and pushed its auroral oval toward the equator — the same thing happens on Earth, which is what brings the northern lights down to the mid-latitudes. Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2025 In the coastal Pacific, by contrast, cool waters flow in from higher latitudes and rarely allow ocean temperatures to exceed the high 70s. Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 5 Sep. 2025 His sweeping overview of life and ice at the northernmost latitudes offers a crucial exploration of the Arctic of our time and the things that scientists are still learning from it. Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 2 Sep. 2025 Gardeners in Kansas, Virginia, Missouri, and other states in the middle latitudes finally get a bit of a break from the heat. Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2025 On this day, the Earth's axis is not tilted toward or away from the sun, causing roughly an equal amount of sunlight and dark hours at all latitudes, the National Weather Service explains. Amanda Cappelli, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2025 The yacht is named after Robert Were Fox the Younger, a 19th-century scientist who invented a compass that measured magnetic dip at sea in high latitudes, leading to the discovery of the South Pole. Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 17 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for latitudes
Noun
  • Specifically, the company is bringing together two often separated ecosystems into one seamless workflow, welding the gap between prior authorizations and post-service claims and coding validation.
    Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • In 34 states, CVS will continue to offer COVID vaccines for those who fall under the new FDA authorizations.
    Will McDuffie, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Pyongyang has continued to exercise significant control over the population and severely restrict the rights and freedoms of its population, and that has only gotten more intense over the last decade.
    Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • When one person’s rights are stripped away, the thread that binds all our freedoms begins to fray.
    Norma Chavez-Peterson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Take an inventory of all your existing IT tools, software licenses and security policies.
    Rajat Bhargava, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Those efforts include exploration, better understanding of resource bases and getting licenses and permitting underway.
    April Roach, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Latitudes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/latitudes. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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