as in giant
unusually large
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Recent Examples of planetary
Scientists forecast these stellar events based on the planetary K-index (Kp), which runs from zero to nine.
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Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, Mars, your planetary ruler, enters your sign on the 22nd, giving you an extra dose of cosmic fire for the next six weeks.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 21 Sep. 2025
Is there a planetary conjunction?
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 21 Sep. 2025
This enables a statistical analysis of planetary properties across various axes, such as planet mass, size, composition, age, and formation processes, Kane tells me.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, Mars, your planetary ruler, enters your sign on the 22nd, giving you an extra dose of cosmic fire for the next six weeks.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 21 Sep. 2025
Is there a planetary conjunction?
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 21 Sep. 2025
This enables a statistical analysis of planetary properties across various axes, such as planet mass, size, composition, age, and formation processes, Kane tells me.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for planetary
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A little further out, there’s a much more conventional factory site, where giant industrial mixers mass-produce the Firmenich scents.—
Peter Vanham,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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Those weeks saw students, pensioners, veterans, doctors and teachers stand in freezing temperatures around giant stages, teaching politicians that this was not a crowd to lead, but one to follow.—
Nick Spicer,
NPR,
1 Oct. 2025
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Data center demand has surged in recent years, largely driven by the explosion in AI workloads, which require vast computing power, electrical power, cooling and networking infrastructure.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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Future plans for Maya’s Cookies include a third brick-and-mortar location, possibly in Los Angeles, where Madsen said the company gets a vast amount of online orders.—
Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Sep. 2025
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The San Francisco 49ers continue to deal with a huge number of injuries, especially on the offensive side of the ball.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Sep. 2025
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The victory by the Crimson Tide was a huge relief for coach Kalen DeBoer after a season-opening loss to Florida State.—
Erick Smith,
USA Today,
29 Sep. 2025
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The Patriots cruising into halftime with a gigantic lead.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
29 Sep. 2025
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Here, slowly being swallowed by vegetation and worn down by time, are gigantic mausoleums, vast underground cisterns, temples, imposing city walls and a breathtaking theater perched, like Machu Picchu, on a hilltop that offers views stretching for miles all around.—
Barry Neild,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
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Mostly Mute Monday tells an astronomical story in images, visuals, and no more than 200 words.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
29 Sep. 2025
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Finding the cosmic wonder The research team utilized data from various astronomical surveys and the MeerKAT radio telescope to investigate the region around LMCN 1971-08a.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Sep. 2025
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While the Surrey Hotel has a tremendous reputation throughout New York City, behind its façade of class and elegance exists a troubling picture of exploitation.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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Ending the war and bringing the hostages home have tremendous domestic support, but not from the far-right lawmakers who are crucial to keeping the prime minister in power.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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The public health benefits, too, would be enormous.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
25 Sep. 2025
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The Toba supereruption ejected 672 cubic miles (2,800 km³) of volcanic ash into the stratosphere, producing an enormous crater roughly 1,000 football fields in length (62 x 18 miles, or 100 x 30 kilometers).—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Sep. 2025
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His singles are custom-made for arenas, with massive, cheery choruses reminiscent of peak ’80s MTV.—
Ross Raihala,
Twin Cities,
27 Sep. 2025
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Marshall fire victims who joined the massive lawsuit against Xcel Energy are expected to receive their portion of the $640 million settlement before the end of the year, but the amount of money each plaintiff receives will not be publicly disclosed.—
Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Planetary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/planetary. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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