How to Use on earth in a Sentence

on earth

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  • How on earth can something no thicker than a trash bag save your life?
    Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 15 July 2026
  • Those run through an email account from a bedroom in any city on earth.
    Taylor Reilly, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • The upshot is that humans will no longer be the apex predator on earth.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • But the dome, which the park claims is the largest freestanding hall on earth, is the star of the show.
    Gwen McClure, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Music and film were the only two industries on earth that could take over a day.
    Jeff Rabhan, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Better than any item on earth, gold keeps its real value and has done so for thousands of years.
    Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Afghanistan is now the only country on earth where girls are barred from education past sixth grade.
    Kara Fox, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Google probably receives more of these than any company on earth.
    Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2026
  • China now has more robotaxis deployed than anywhere else on earth.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026
  • Few countries on earth have as clear as football identity as the Netherlands.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 30 June 2026
  • Capacity is spoken for before it is built, and the largest buyers on earth are being turned away.
    Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Creative leaders behind some of the most beloved experiences on earth.
    Duncan Wardle, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • Sign up here to talk with one of the smartest reporters on earth about this complicated, frustrating issue.
    Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 22 July 2026
  • No wonder many on social media were questioning what on earth the referee was watching.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
  • Giraffes are some of the most recognizable creatures on earth, with their towering height and craning long necks.
    Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 18 July 2026
  • These yellow dots would hop from planet to planet, until eventually landing on earth.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 9 July 2026
  • Hunger, in this narrative, belongs to poorer nations, not to the wealthiest country on earth.
    Harry M. Kaiser, Washington Post, 10 July 2026
  • Apple is the largest and most sophisticated buyer of advanced components on earth.
    Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Is everyone in Miami — or anywhere on earth, for that matter — completely stressed out?
    Connie Ogle june 30, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
  • The neighborhood Welcome to heaven on earth, also known as Monte Igeldo.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The most profitable company on earth belongs almost entirely to a government.
    James Broughel, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • There is no more powerful person on earth than the president of the United States, as humans measure power.
    Tom Campbell, Oc Register, 4 July 2026
  • The three men have been football fans for years, and spoke with me about what goes into making the World Cup sound different than any other sporting event on earth.
    Jack Cosbie, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2026
  • Grief was too bound up with reproduction to allow for much celebration until an infant was safely past their vulnerable first few months on earth.
    Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Singapore Airlines competes in one of the most unforgiving industries on earth.
    James Broughel, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • But seeing everyone’s hard work, this beautiful group of people with the purest souls on earth being celebrated in this way was just magnificent.
    Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Canvas’s security system flagged the activity, locked my account for two weeks, and left a lot of people wondering what on earth had happened.
    Lutz Finger, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Queen Elizabeth was thought to consider Balmoral her favorite place on earth—but Princess Diana was not a fan.
    Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 21 July 2026
  • This is big-fund, big-infrastructure territory, the domain of sovereign wealth, hyperscalers, and the largest investors on earth.
    Louis Mosca, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • While the largest demographic shift humankind has ever seen is rearranging every economy on earth, capital is asleep.
    The Sorenson Impact Institute, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

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