equator
Example Sentences
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“The future of the church is as much below the equator as above it.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
Earlier studies showed that this region stayed near the equator and remained mostly stationary during the same period.
From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026
The site's position close to the equator was more suitable for some missions than the Russian-operated spaceport in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
Doing so leaves the equator unmoved while the further each region is from the equator the more it gets stretched out.
From Slate • Jan. 21, 2026
It was, at the time, the largest African school below the equator, with more than a thousand students, both male and female.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Vocabulary lists containing equator
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Weather and Climate - Introductory
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Human Geography - Middle School
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