date line
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of date line
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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The short answer is that Mondays become Tuesdays at the international date line, a boundary that runs through the Pacific Ocean.
From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2024
Sports journalists and the Embassy of Japan become overnight experts on the international date line and travel logistics.
From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2024
DSV said it came upon the image’s location based on the 2010 “Date Line Theory,” which suggests Earhart’s exhausted navigator forgot to turn his calendar back a day after crossing the international date line.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 29, 2024
The volcano is about 40 miles north of Tonga’s main island, Tongatapu, near the international date line.
From Washington Post • Jan. 16, 2022
The date line was Greenwich, Connecticut, and it stated that two children of Mr. and Mrs. Steven C. Kincaid, Sr. had been missing since Wednesday.
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
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