How to Use planetary in a Sentence

planetary

adjective
  • Aries is ruled by Mars, your planetary ruler.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Theia, in fact, might be just one grave in a planetary cemetery.
    Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 23 Mar. 2021
  • What is best time to see the planetary alignment?
    Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 27 Feb. 2026
  • There are some planetary and moon events upcoming to keep an eye on.
    Ayrika L Whitney, USA Today, 24 June 2026
  • Rock, metal and ice condense out of the disk to form planetary seeds.
    Meredith A. MacGregor, Scientific American, 19 May 2020
  • Learn more about planetary orbits and the search for life around the galaxy.
    Michael Roston, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Musk was a planetary force who seemed at times to eclipse the president.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Saturn holds the overnight planetary spotlight for most of the month.
    Geoff Chester, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
  • But how about a planetary parade?
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
  • How rare is a planetary alignment?
    Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 27 Feb. 2026
  • When is the next planetary alignment?
    Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Many of the super puffs are a bit hard to explain via normal planetary physics.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 14 Mar. 2020
  • This event, while cool and a bit uncommon, is not a true planetary alignment.
    Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 23 Mar. 2023
  • This has confirmed that the teenage phase of planetary systems is a time of great upheaval.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • For decades, we’ve been told that the solution to our planetary crisis starts with us.
    Kate Yoder, Wired, 17 Oct. 2020
  • Want to catch a glimpse of the planetary alignment from Arizona?
    Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Climate change is a threat to human well-being and planetary health.
    Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The coronavirus, like most viruses, will live on—but not as a planetary plague.
    Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 28 Apr. 2020
  • But a key problem with this idea is that for most would-be planetary systems, the winds spoil the party.
    Quanta Magazine, 7 June 2021
  • This is the highest planetary moon-count in our solar system.
    Devika Rao, The Week, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Here's what to know about the planetary conjunction.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Even once in a while, from under the ocean floor, hot magma erupts through the gaps and then cools down to form new planetary crust.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026
  • This week offers a preview of one of the most impressive planetary events of the year.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • These new findings paint the history of this planetary system in a whole new light.
    Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 20 May 2026
  • The car-sized robot has since become a key tool in studying our planetary neighbor.
    Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • How and when the moon formed has long been a point of contention between planetary scientists.
    Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 15 July 2020
  • This makes good sense on a planetary scale, or perhaps on an island with no imports/exports.
    Alex Pavlak, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2026
  • The work converts planetary tremors into image and sound.
    Pablo Larios, Artforum, 10 June 2026
  • But statistics can't prepare you for the almost planetary scale of the place.
    Harry Pearson, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Dec. 2019
  • Here are the best ways to watch the planetary alignment in Oklahoma.
    Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 27 Feb. 2026

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