How to Use equator in a Sentence
equator
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Again, the Ethiopian Ocean is west of Africa and south of the equator.
—Mary Alexander, Quartz, 2 May 2021
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But first SpaceX had to find a launch site near the equator.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2021
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The oil palm plant grows best at ten degrees to the north and south of the equator.
—Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2021
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Cut the melon in half through the equator and stand up with the cut side down.
—Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2020
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The clouds moved fastest around Venus' equator, where the heat from the sun is the most intense.
—Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2020
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As the dry season moves south, away from the equator, the fires come with it.
—Daniel Wolfe, Quartz, 14 Jan. 2020
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For now, it's expected to hit the far side of the Moon near the equator on March 4.
—Matthew Humphries, PCMAG, 27 June 2022
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It’s the only species of penguin found north of the equator.
—Dan Fellner, The Arizona Republic, 5 Jan. 2022
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Cut them in half ‘round the mater-equator and squeeze gently to splorsh out the seeds.
—James P. Dewan, chicagotribune.com, 13 Aug. 2019
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They are found in all deep oceans, from the equator to the edge of the pack ice in the Arctic and Antarctic.
—al, 23 Nov. 2020
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The donut shape follows the equator, leaving the North and South Poles free.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 16 Dec. 2020
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The Earth’s rotation moves winds west to east around the globe and from the equator toward the poles.
—USA Today, 12 Sep. 2022
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March 20, also known as the spring equinox, marks the day when the sun crosses the equator and heads north.
—Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2022
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To make things harder, the two stars' equators aren't quite aligned to our field of view.
—John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 6 June 2018
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Turns out the Twin Cities, equidistant from the North Pole and the equator, have some of the world’s most volatile weather.
—Melanie D.g. Kaplan / Washington Post, Twin Cities, 10 Oct. 2019
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Then much of the warm surface water heads east, along the equator.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2022
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The rover is near the equator on Mars, where summer is about to begin.
—Loren Grush, The Verge, 11 June 2018
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And any microbes and critters the ships picked up near the equator would be dumped, too.
—oregonlive, 9 Oct. 2019
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The rover will land at Oxia Planum, an area just north of the Martian equator.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 29 Dec. 2021
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On a slow spinner, however, winds could flow all the way from the equator to the poles.
—Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 9 June 2021
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For people south of the equator, this equinox signals the coming of spring.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 25 Sep. 2021
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The equinox is the moment the sun's rays shine directly on Earth's equator.
—Editors, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2022
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An equinox occurs when the sun lines up so that the equator bisects it.
—Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 20 June 2020
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Hawaii, though, sits about 20 degrees north of the equator, right at the extreme edge of tree’s range.
—Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 14 Feb. 2018
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The Aloha State is so close to the equator that the sun rises and sets just about the same time every day.
—Mary Forgione, latimes.com, 9 Mar. 2018
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All spots north of the equator will have less than 12 hours of daylight today.
—Leigh Morgan, al, 21 Dec. 2021
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Meanwhile, south of the equator, spring is about to begin.
—Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 20 Sep. 2020
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With the passing of the autumn equinox late last month, those of us who live far from the equator feel the change in the balance of day and night.
—Frank Wilczek, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2022
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Those storms tended to start at the planet's poles, then move toward its equator.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 7 Jan. 2025
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In the photo, there's a line around the moon's equator that resembles the equatorial trench around the Death Star.
—Ailsa Harvey, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025
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