equator

Example Sentences

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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

Notice that this map stretches things out vertically near the equator and horizontally near the poles.

From Slate • Jan. 21, 2026

Given this was hundreds of millions of years ago, Scotland bore no resemblance to the land it is today, instead being located near the equator.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

In the High North, satellites orbiting the equator can often be obscured by the curvature of the Earth, meaning fewer visible satellites than elsewhere on the planet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

Instead of starting at the side and eating his way around the equator, Dad started at the North Pole, and ate down through the core to the South.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey