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Recent Examples of planetary Advertisement Other factors, including rising ocean levels and the warming—and thus swelling—of the atmosphere can make a difference too, slightly increasing planetary circumference. Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 July 2025 Objects like this are pristine, primordial remnants from the planet formation process in other planetary systems. Darryl Z. Seligman, The Conversation, 3 July 2025 Danish scientists suggested that adults abstaining from all other meat can eat nine tenths of two chicken breasts a week without exceeding planetary boundaries. Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025 The fashionably late arrival of oxygen may sound like a planetary sigh of relief. Laura Poppick, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for planetary
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Adjective
  • One of his daughters remembers earning dessert by hopping a giant lap of the backyard on her left foot.
    Henry Abbott, The Atlantic, 12 July 2025
  • More of the giant spiders could come up to the Northeast this year, Davis said.
    Rick Sobey, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2025
Adjective
  • In the United States, childhood vaccine coverage has been declining, and the vast majority of measles cases this year – more than 90% – have been in people who were unvaccinated or whose vaccination status was unknown, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 15 July 2025
  • First, keep in mind that AGI and ASI will have been data trained by the vast stores of human writing.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Adjective
  • Having an offensive mind as creative as Johnson will be a huge upgrade for Williams and the Bears.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 July 2025
  • Justin Campell and Eddie Fallin from Lauren Concrete in Georgetown helped pull huge RVs thrown in the neighboring creek with a large yellow loader, and will be there as long as their company can spare them.
    Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 14 July 2025
Adjective
  • There will be immediate deduction of research and development, which sounds like a snoozer but historically has brought about a gigantic geyser of money toward the creation of new products, which need lots of equipment to test and build.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 13 July 2025
  • The main event seems like a formality with Hangman Adam Page a gigantic favorite to win.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
Adjective
  • If MacKenzie Gore somehow became available, there would be widespread interest, and the cost would be astronomical.
    Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 11 July 2025
  • According to Priest, tariffs on kids’ shoes are astronomical, often reaching rates of 48 percent or higher.
    Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 10 July 2025
Adjective
  • This accessible game seems simple but has tremendous replayability and strategic depth.
    Simon Hill, Wired News, 11 July 2025
  • The left-handed hitter has a smooth clean swing with tremendous bat-to-ball skills that includes great vision.
    Jim Bowden, New York Times, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • After Assad fell, Israel swiftly launched an enormous countrywide air campaign targeting the remnants of his military stockpiles.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • Among the projects will be the construction of data centers to help provide the enormous amounts of energy needed to power AI.
    Jessica Riley, CBS News, 15 July 2025
Adjective
  • Then, as is the nature of the business, the parent company of Fueled By Ramen went through a massive shakeup.
    Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2025
  • Until now, the most massive back hole merger was GW190521, detected in 2020.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 14 July 2025

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“Planetary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/planetary. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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