true south
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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We picked the diagram for Moab's 38-degree northern latitude and put it under the plexiglass dome, making sure it was level and facing true south.
From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2012
Goos painted the answer: "true south, 40 west, 360 miles, Terceira, Azores."
From Time Magazine Archive
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The same is not true south of the border.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Had you kept on until you were heading directly north, you could rectify your course simply by following a true south course.
From Woodcraft by Sears, George Washington
The new course was more toward the true south than the east, and was calculated to head off the reaching arm of ice which threatened to close Lancaster Sound.
From The Ice Pilot by Leverage, Henry
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