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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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By the late 1870s, the hundredth meridian had been fatefully crossed.
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Even if you are sceptical about meridians, there's no denying that the roller gives an enjoyable massage.
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Ptolemy was free, however, to lay his prime meridian , the zero-degree longitude line, wherever he liked.
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Seventh, there may be blocks to the flow of electrical energy in the acupuncture meridians.
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She marked the meridians, numbered the latitudes and longitudes, and added a curlicue of compass points to make it navigable.
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The flows of life energy in the body along the meridians are thus adjusted and balanced at certain very carefully chosen spots.
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The measurement of longitude meridians, in comparison, is tempered by time.
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The placement of the prime meridian is a purely political decision.