as in halfway
located at the same distance
Points on a circle are equidistant from its center. Montreal is roughly equidistant from New York, Boston, and Toronto.
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This soft pro-Hindu view, often found among those who have joined the BJP directly (that is, not by way of the RSS or its affiliated organizations), challenges the Nehruvian idea of a state equidistant from all religions.
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Kanchan Chandra, Foreign Affairs, 23 Nov. 2018
The convenient location to the region’s gateway airport in Nice places guests equidistant from Monaco and Saint-Tropez, which are about an hour away by private boat.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2024
But unlike the Equator (0 degrees latitude), which is equidistant from the north and south poles, there is no natural basis for 0 degrees longitude.
—Emefa Addo Agawu, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2024
Central Business District: Also thought of as New Orleans' downtown, the Central Business District (CBD) is centrally located, roughly equidistant to the Marigny and the Garden District.
—Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2024
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Kanchan Chandra, Foreign Affairs, 23 Nov. 2018
The convenient location to the region’s gateway airport in Nice places guests equidistant from Monaco and Saint-Tropez, which are about an hour away by private boat.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2024
But unlike the Equator (0 degrees latitude), which is equidistant from the north and south poles, there is no natural basis for 0 degrees longitude.
—Emefa Addo Agawu, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2024
Central Business District: Also thought of as New Orleans' downtown, the Central Business District (CBD) is centrally located, roughly equidistant to the Marigny and the Garden District.
—Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equidistant
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Darnell Nurse — 84 The veteran got a late start to the preseason and looked behind for a time, but has been playing some of the best hockey through the halfway point of the schedule.Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Once enough people have donated enough money to reach the halfway point of an individual fundraiser's target, Damon and Bell will pay in the rest to get them over the line.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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Richard lied compulsively to everyone, as his soliloquys that contain his innermost thoughts make clear.David Sterling Brown, The Conversation, 6 Jan. 2025
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For instance, Venus in Aquarius is shining a light on your fourth house of innermost feelings, inviting you to create more harmony in your personal space and strengthen familial bonds.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024
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End up between the inner and outer tubs, especially if the washer is overloaded—once there, those socks are gone for good.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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Entanglement gets messy To probe the inner structure of protons, scientists looked at high-energy particle collisions that have occurred in facilities like the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).Robert Lea, Space.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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