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Recent Examples of planet
Just one of these giant flares could produce a planet's worth of gold, platinum, and uranium.
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Victoria Corless, Space.com, 7 May 2025
The pope touched on a series of woes wreaking havoc on the planet: polluted air, water poverty, toxic waste, industrial pollution, rising sea levels and extreme weather.
—Rachel Ramirez, CNN Money, 27 Apr. 2025
Mercury, the last of the easily visible planets, may also be visible almost directly on the horizon.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Musk has never denied his hard-charging style and believes that his work building electric cars and rockets is crucial for the health of the planet and the continuation of the human species, and that his DOGE work responds to threats of U.S. bankruptcy.
—Jonathan Landay, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
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Victoria Corless, Space.com, 7 May 2025
The pope touched on a series of woes wreaking havoc on the planet: polluted air, water poverty, toxic waste, industrial pollution, rising sea levels and extreme weather.
—Rachel Ramirez, CNN Money, 27 Apr. 2025
Mercury, the last of the easily visible planets, may also be visible almost directly on the horizon.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Musk has never denied his hard-charging style and believes that his work building electric cars and rockets is crucial for the health of the planet and the continuation of the human species, and that his DOGE work responds to threats of U.S. bankruptcy.
—Jonathan Landay, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for planet
Noun
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But the story is very different on the planet globes were made to represent.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Another character is a mascot with a [globe] head who runs out of the plane while on fire.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
1 May 2025
Noun
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Alvarez has since pivoted back to practicing for the 2025 world championships in Singapore in July, while looking ahead to the 2028 Summer Olympics in L.A.—
Johnny Dodd,
People.com,
10 May 2025
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Tilda Swinton and Michael Shannon play the mom and dad of a wealthy family holed up in a posh bunker in a salt mine, George MacKay plays their son who yearns to know about the inhospitable outside world, and Moses Ingram is the stranger who changes everything.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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Looking past the heavy material, a cycle of generational abuse is broken and a familial arc is beautifully framed by co-writers Danny Philippou and Bill Hinzman, with the symbolism of a plane passing by overhead as souls departing earth.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
16 May 2025
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My passion is to share my findings on our beautiful earth.—
Terry Elward,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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“Planet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/planet. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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