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hemisphere

[hem-i-sfeer] / ˈhɛm ɪˌsfɪər /
NOUN
half
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It’s also a way to challenge U.S. hegemony in the hemisphere.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

The Springboks are top of the northern hemisphere table at the halfway stage of the Nations Championship with three wins, following earlier victories against England and Scotland.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

They point out that, while Australia and New Zealand’s geography justify a scaled ultra long-haul fleet, Qantas’s northern hemisphere peers don’t appear to have sufficient use cases to warrant the investment.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

“I think that some of the hemisphere is willing to play along with it because the hemisphere has issues, including security issues, where the U.S. can be of assistance,” Bosworth said.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 21, 2026

For to preserve the old orthodoxy it would have been necessary to insist that the world’s land masses were confined to one hemisphere.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Krypton and xenon provided additional evidence that the two hemispheres were exposed to particles with different energies.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

They are also not unique to Europe but occur in both hemispheres across the world's middle latitudes.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

In the 1960s, Gazzaniga began conducting experiments in split-brain patients whose corpus callosum, which connects the two hemispheres, was absent.

From Salon May 26, 2025

In the 1820s, US President James Monroe articulated a new global order in which America and Europe confined themselves to their own hemispheres.

From BBC Apr. 14, 2025

Writing arose independently only in the Fertile Crescent, Mexico, and probably China precisely because those were the first areas where food production emerged in their respective hemispheres.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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