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The trajectory The mission is on a flight path that keeps the spacecraft in Earth's gravitational influence past the moon, then falls back to the planet for splashdown.
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Brendan Byrne, NPR, 2 Apr. 2026
The quartet will continue circling our planet until this evening (April 2), when Orion performs a crucial maneuver that sends it toward Earth's nearest neighbor.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 2 Apr. 2026
Always an oddity as a planet, Pluto was demoted to dwarf planet in 2006.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
The space station circles our planet at an altitude referred to as low-Earth orbit, which is closer to Earth's atmosphere and allows the outpost to move more quickly around Earth than objects further out in space.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
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Brendan Byrne, NPR, 2 Apr. 2026
The quartet will continue circling our planet until this evening (April 2), when Orion performs a crucial maneuver that sends it toward Earth's nearest neighbor.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 2 Apr. 2026
Always an oddity as a planet, Pluto was demoted to dwarf planet in 2006.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
The space station circles our planet at an altitude referred to as low-Earth orbit, which is closer to Earth's atmosphere and allows the outpost to move more quickly around Earth than objects further out in space.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for planet
Noun
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The heart is painted to look like a globe, and the chimes can play melodies from different countries.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 Apr. 2026
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The second shows the entire globe with the oceans topped by swirling white tendrils of clouds.—
Marcia Dunn,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Even when there is little to celebrate in a world marked by barbarity, these events invite us to be together and, briefly, to look, feel, admire, and even disagree within a temporary gathering of images and spaces.—
Raphael Fonseca,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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Skeletor’s best beats stand as intricate, explosive little worlds that build on ideas he’s been toying with his entire career.—
Dylan Green,
Pitchfork,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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At the Oakland Zoo on a recent sunny day, three golden grizzlies dug in the soft earth, looking for insects or small prey animals to eat.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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Today, the bay holds some of the richest marine biodiversity on earth, a fact that would have delighted Ricketts and Steinbeck.—
Alexandra Genova,
TheWeek,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Planet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/planet. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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