planet

noun

ˈpla-nət How to pronounce planet (audio)
Definition of planetnext
as in globe
the celestial body on which we live our collective responsibility to conserve the planet and its natural resources for future generations

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Recent Examples of planet What a content run out of the best LPGA golfer on the planet right now. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026 After crashing onto a planet, within his pod there’s information that the cadets need, so they’re sent down to the planet on a clock for what was supposed to be a test but becomes a real away mission. — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2026 While this phoenix planet is a gas planet, others could be rocky or even hold life. — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 9 Oct. 2026 But the unbridled embrace of aquaculture as a sustainable answer to feeding the planet ignores some very real costs. — Ian Urbina, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for planet
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  1. globe
  2. world
  3. earth
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  • The gas can always be liquefied and exported around the world to an energy-needy globe.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
  • For well-heeled, globe-trotting diners, Noma offered an escape from modernity and the sensation of communing with something more elemental and earthbound.
    — Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of globe
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  • More delegates from Latin America, the Arab world and Africa could lift the number of countries represented past 60, and possibly above 70.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Run by the art world’s favorite chef Mina Stone, the café serves an all-day menu of hearty salads, flavorful soups, Greek mezze and fancy toast.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of world
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  • The collection is organized around sun, sea and earth elements and was developed with perfumers Yann Vasnier, Christine Hassan, Rodrigo Flores-Roux, Caroline Sabas and Shyamala Maisondieu at Givaudan.
    — Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Their quest becomes more difficult every year, however, as the remains of pre-Columbian trees slough back into the earth or are dug up to make way for agriculture and construction.
    — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
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