How to Use planetary in a Sentence

planetary

adjective
  • Saturn holds the overnight planetary spotlight for most of the month.
    Geoff Chester, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
  • This planetary shift, from April 1 through May 13, is like a bad April fool’s joke.
    Essence Lifestyle, Essence, 1 Apr. 2024
  • The relations of human beings—some of them at least—to the rest of planetary life had shifted.
    Ben Ehrenreich, The New Republic, 10 May 2023
  • This event, while cool and a bit uncommon, is not a true planetary alignment.
    Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Climate change is a threat to human well-being and planetary health.
    Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2023
  • This is the highest planetary moon-count in our solar system.
    Devika Rao, The Week, 14 Feb. 2023
  • But the question of planetary boundaries is a topic for another time, so back to Unilever.
    Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Here’s what to know about the upcoming planetary alignment.
    Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 15 June 2023
  • Studying the dust belts can help unlock more of the secrets behind how planetary systems form.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 8 May 2023
  • The planetary phenomenon is expected to be arranged in the shape of an arc.
    Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2023
  • To see Earth’s future, astronomers turn to a crystal ball filled with alien planetary systems.
    Quanta Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
  • InSight was built to do more than study Mars alone; it was designed to provide new clues to planetary evolution as a whole.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 20 Dec. 2022
  • What are some of the challenges of producing a life narrative about Whitney, who reached fame on a planetary scale?
    Brandon Tensley, CNN, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Bd wasn’t always thought of as a permanent planetary scourge.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2022
  • This isn’t a cold, dead universe, but rather one brimming with vibrant beings from the nanoscopic to the planetary, existences that we are both made up of and wrapped up in.
    WIRED, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Each year the spot changes depending on planetary transits.
    Sebastian Modak, wsj.com, 13 May 2023
  • Upbeat planetary connections near the 12th through the 15th, though, indicate that some kind of wish fulfillment is now in store for you.
    Katharine Merlin, Town & Country, 1 Nov. 2022
  • These effects are likely to be felt until a new planetary pattern forms.
    Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
  • On Tuesday, a large planetary alignment involving five planets will streak across the sky.
    oregonlive, 27 Mar. 2023
  • This is known as a planetary alignment, where the planets involved appear to parade across the sky in an orderly fashion.
    Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The past few years have also seen an avalanche of reports about the ills of a meat-heavy diet for human health, for planetary health, for workers’ health and for the habitat of the planet’s animal species.
    Laura Reiley, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Nov. 2022
  • When is the next planetary alignment expected to occur?
    Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The hazy frustration of brain fog has felt ever-present thanks to this planetary backspin, but Mercury retrograde ending will lift the clouds and clear our thoughts.
    Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Yet volume growth in the sector could end, whether because of preferences, rules, or planetary boundaries.
    Peter Vanham, Fortune, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Worth a Thousand Words Results like this one can help fill in lingering gaps in the galactic planetary census.
    Nola Taylor Tillman, Scientific American, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Their planetary siblings can disturb each other’s orbit, which can lead to variations in the shape of their orbits and their orbital tilt.
    Gongjie Li, Discover Magazine, 11 Jan. 2024
  • For decades, scientists have only been able to witness the before and after of such a planetary engulfment.
    Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 May 2023
  • Leo’s planetary ruler is the sun, and therefore celestial shifts such as solstices and equinoxes will feel very impactful.
    Bianca London, Glamour, 22 Sep. 2023
  • These planetary movements are highlighting your finances, so take a look at your budget and your career prospects.
    Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 31 Mar. 2023
  • That means the Mayans took a 45-year view of planetary alignment and coded it into a calendar that has left modern scholars scratching their heads in wonder.
    Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 21 Apr. 2023

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