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hemisphere

[hem-i-sfeer] / ˈhɛm ɪˌsfɪər /
NOUN
half
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“It was driven by the largest size hemisphere I could get in acrylic to make the visor,” Shearn, based in Colorado, said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

During this time, temperatures across the northern hemisphere dropped sharply.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026

Spokesman Peter Myles, who farms in Angus, says the arrangement only applies to "a double decker bus full" of shearers from the southern hemisphere who have been coming to Scotland for generations.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

The US State Department has called it a threat to regional security in what it calls "our hemisphere."

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

Antipodes had become a reality, and there was no longer any way of fitting the Earth’s land masses into one hemisphere.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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