How to Use on earth in a Sentence

on earth

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  • Whiskey brings us together in a way that few items on earth can.
    — Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2026
  • 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
  • Critics would say ego, the desire to be an actor in the greatest show on earth.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 5 Sep. 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
  • No one else on earth could get those two to agree on anything, but that’s the power of Dolly Parton.
    — Hunter Kelly, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 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
  • For perspective, that's about the same weight as seven African bush elephants, the largest land animal on earth.
    — Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
  • No wonder many on social media were questioning what on earth the referee was watching.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
  • In one telling, the Graces were meteors who fell from the sky, sparked the first growth on earth, and morphed into goddesses.
    — Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 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
  • Mexico’s Raul Flores has just done something no man on earth had ever done before.
    — Rob Tanner, New York Times, 8 Sep. 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
  • Why on earth the Magician would choose an American girl remains unclear.
    — Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The character would sit behind a desk and speak to movie stars promoting current projects on earth who were beamed in via a TV screen.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 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
  • Baggage claim is, indeed, a lawless place, one of the last institutions on earth that continues to rely on an honor system.
    — Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Sep. 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

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