planetary
adjective
plan·e·tary
ˈpla-nə-ˌter-ē 
1
2
a
: of, relating to, or belonging to the earth : terrestrial
3
: having or consisting of an epicyclic train of gear wheels
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And humans are uniquely poised to propel this great transition by pushing out from our planetary cradle.
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Lee Billings, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2025
Then comes 11/11, and your planetary ruler Jupiter retrogrades into Cancer, in your sector of creativity, romance, and self-expression.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 9 Nov. 2025
Their findings show that planets are far less common around stars in this late stage of life, suggesting that many close-orbiting worlds are likely destroyed as their stars expand, offering strong observational evidence of this dramatic planetary demise.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2025
Beginning with almost half a million planetary systems, a team of researchers worked this down to a sample of 15,000 possible planetary signals detected by TESS.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 7 Nov. 2025
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Lee Billings, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2025
Then comes 11/11, and your planetary ruler Jupiter retrogrades into Cancer, in your sector of creativity, romance, and self-expression.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 9 Nov. 2025
Their findings show that planets are far less common around stars in this late stage of life, suggesting that many close-orbiting worlds are likely destroyed as their stars expand, offering strong observational evidence of this dramatic planetary demise.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2025
Beginning with almost half a million planetary systems, a team of researchers worked this down to a sample of 15,000 possible planetary signals detected by TESS.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 7 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for planetary
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“Planetary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/planetary. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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planetary
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plan·e·tary
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