equator
Example Sentences
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The atmosphere provides almost no oxygen, and while temperatures can reach 70°F, that’s only at the equator, at noon, in summer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 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
These are determined by Earth's tilt and the sun's position over the equator.
From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026
They chose the Andes because they needed to measure near the equator, to determine if there really was a difference in sphericity there, and because they reasoned that mountains would give them good sightlines.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
