autumnal equinox
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On the autumnal equinox, Taylor Swift took to Instagram to announce that she would be dropping a new single in a few days.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
Or, as we say north of the equator, happy autumnal equinox!
From Scientific American ● Sep. 22, 2023
On September 23, 2023, the autumnal equinox will signal the coming of fall for the Northern Hemisphere.
From National Geographic ● Sep. 21, 2023
The Fremont Arts Council celebrates the autumnal equinox with this illuminating lantern parade around Green Lake at 6 p.m.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2022
Astronomically, in the northern hemisphere, it begins at the autumnal equinox, when the sun enters Libra, 22d September, and ends at the winter solstice, when the sun enters Capricorn, 21st December.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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