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degrees

NOUN
cardinal points
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Every few years, the EIA would go over scenarios of oil jolts with varying degrees of severity in order to train the delegates on how to deal with their country’s strategic reserves, he said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Temperatures each day are expected to be around 5 to 10 degrees above normal.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

In a statement, Surya Kant said his comments referred to people who use fake degrees to enter professions like law and media, not young people overall.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Solar and lunar eclipses often occur close to each other because the Moon's orbit around Earth is tilted by about five degrees.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

She’d managed to turn Sciron one hundred and eighty degrees, but he still saw the water in front of him, the rolling countryside at his back.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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