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longitude

[lon-ji-tood, -tyood] / ˈlɒn dʒɪˌtud, -ˌtyud /




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It all seems to say, like Alice, “I wonder what Latitude or Longitude I’ve got to?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 1, 2025

He received a TV Bafta in 2000 for the BBC One drama Wives & Daughters, and repeated the feat the following year for his work in Channel 4's Longitude.

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2023

The deal extends NetJets' existing fleet agreement and includes options for an increasing number of aircraft each year, allowing it to expand its fleet with Cessna Citation Ascend, Citation Latitude and Citation Longitude aircraft.

From Reuters • Sep. 20, 2023

According to Worsley's calculations, the Endurance was crushed by ice at 68°39′30″ South Latitude, 52°26′30″ West Longitude, nearly 200 miles east of the Antarctic Peninsula.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2022

Longitude proved to be a harder puzzle to solve.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong




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