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 The space object will not come closer than about 150 million miles from Earth and does not pose a threat to our planet. Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2025 Texans are some of the most resilient and generous people on the planet. Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 7 July 2025 Uranus is the planet of chaos, revolution, rebellion and innovation, and its liberating transits set the stage for sudden shifts, electric eureka moments and unexpected breakthroughs. Valerie Mesa, People.com, 7 July 2025 But on the evidence so far, Spain are on a different planet from the other 15 teams in the competition. Michael Cox, New York Times, 6 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for planet
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Noun
  • Another sequence is drawn upside down, after Mafalda finds a globe and discovers that Argentina is in the Southern Hemisphere.
    Daniel Alarcón, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
  • We’re fed Apollo Bar highlights like a salad rosso, a globe of radicchio segmented with chunks of blood orange, a blooming artichoke, and seasonal strawberry ice-cream cake.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Public outrage is becoming an ever-present threat to businesses and leaders in today’s hyperconnected and polarized world.
    Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 9 July 2025
  • Data centers largely power cloud services in their own digital world, leading to large competition between the tech companies, said Sagar Samtani, associate professor and founder of the Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab in the IU Kelley School of Business.
    Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 9 July 2025
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  • Why on earth would Amazon invest such substantial amounts in human capital with an eye on shedding it?
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • Thanks to television, Swaggart helped spread the Pentecostal movement to the uttermost parts of the earth.
    Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 1 July 2025

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“Planet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/planet. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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