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hemisphere

[hem-i-sfeer] / ˈhɛm ɪˌsfɪər /
NOUN
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Wales stay in fifth place in the northern hemisphere table after returning to the inaugural international competition.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

"That really increases the chance of cold air outbreaks across the latitudes where most of the densely populated population centers are across the northern hemisphere, US, Europe and East Asia," Cohen told AFP.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

The northern hemisphere game has deep-rooted problems, and seems to be stuck in stasis when compared with the thriving NRL.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

However, the measurements showed that this darker hemisphere was not warm enough to explain all the missing heat.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

By the 1920s they had dwindled to forty or fifty million in the entire hemisphere.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

The observations provide valuable information about WASP-17b's atmospheric chemistry and temperature variations, including differences between its equator and poles and between its permanently illuminated and dark hemispheres.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

"Our findings suggest that the mass of Earth's water and air moving between the hemispheres is smaller than previously thought."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

A future spacecraft mission to Uranus could also test the researchers' predictions by imaging the unexplored northern hemispheres of Ariel and Miranda and searching for the fractures and ridges expected from their models.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

Together, the two observing sites greatly expand the geographic reach of the survey and allow SDSS-V to examine the sky from both hemispheres.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

From the highest vantage point you can make out only the brain’s two big hemispheres, so I began with studies of split-brain patients and other discoveries that locate language in the left hemisphere.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker


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