cardinal points
Example Sentences
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Activists have dubbed Thursday’s demonstration in Lima as the Cuatro Suyos March, a reference to the four cardinal points of the Inca empire.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 18, 2023
The arrangement of forms would also allow visitors to enter the museum from any one of the cardinal points, making the museum more accessible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2019
The West is a concept, not a location: the United States, Germany and Japan, for instance, can all be Western in crucial ways — cultures, currencies and cardinal points be damned.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 15, 2017
Four of the muscles are arranged at the cardinal points around the eye and are named for those locations.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Set down with geometric precision at the cardinal points were four monumental slabs of the same alien metal as the citadel.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
