as in giant
unusually large
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Recent Examples of planetary
Transits also require a precise alignment between the orbital plane of a planetary system and our line of sight.
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 6 June 2025
After Mercury’s debut in Cancer, and your seventh house of agreements, compromise and significant others, the messenger planet will square your planetary ruler, Saturn, on June 9, triggering tension with family or around your own repressed emotions.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 4 June 2025
Though the majority of planetary systems scatter their planets without trapping them, the portion of systems with wide-orbit planets isn’t insignificant.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2025
For instance, sulfur dioxide is abundant in our own Venus’s atmosphere compared to Earth but the authors note is expected to be scrubbed from habitable planetary atmospheres by precipitation.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 6 June 2025
After Mercury’s debut in Cancer, and your seventh house of agreements, compromise and significant others, the messenger planet will square your planetary ruler, Saturn, on June 9, triggering tension with family or around your own repressed emotions.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 4 June 2025
Though the majority of planetary systems scatter their planets without trapping them, the portion of systems with wide-orbit planets isn’t insignificant.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2025
For instance, sulfur dioxide is abundant in our own Venus’s atmosphere compared to Earth but the authors note is expected to be scrubbed from habitable planetary atmospheres by precipitation.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for planetary
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Inskeep: Regardless of the involvement the United States may have had up to now, there's the discussion of the United States specifically deploying a bunker-busting bomb, a giant bomb that could potentially, we're told, damage or destroy an Iranian nuclear facility at Fordo beneath a mountain.—
Steve Inskeep,
NPR,
18 June 2025
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Inspired by Napoleon’s habit of using toy soldiers to plot his military battles, the designer dotted the entrance with giant cutouts with gold outlines, and shrouded the floor in smoke.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
18 June 2025
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Browsing Facebook for organizers of class reunions is an apt way to find a master node that can connect you to a vast network of people willing to talk.—
Brendan O’Meara
June 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
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Maybe one day democracy really will bloom like wildflowers across the vast deserts of the Middle East, just as the neocons envisioned.—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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Three seasons in, The Gilded Age has barely explored its huge cast of servant characters.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
20 June 2025
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Porto nearly doubled the lead in the 39th minute with a point-blank shot from Rodrigo Mora, but Miami defender Maxi Falcon made a huge clearance at the line with his head after the ball had slipped by goalkeeper Oscar Ustari.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
20 June 2025
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The reluctance to do so earlier has converted a modest problem into a gigantic problem.—
Hersh Shefrin,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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The pair had performed earlier in the night at the Blue Note Jazz Festival, where Jones hula-hooped to a song in sheer black tights, a thong, and one of her gigantic signature red and black headdresses.—
Richard Johnson,
New York Daily News,
15 June 2025
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In 2025 The beginning of astronomical seasons is marked by solstices and equinoxes (equinox means equal night when there are 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness).—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Summer Solstice – the start of the astronomical summer – is tonight at 10:42pm EDT.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
20 June 2025
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Our thoughts are with Anne’s family, friends and fans during this time of tremendous loss.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
18 June 2025
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Both of those players made tremendous contributions throughout the playoffs to help Florida reach their goal once more.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2025
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As Russia has demonstrated in its war in Ukraine, the country that controls global navigation systems and can disarm the satellites of its adversaries will have enormous military advantages.—
Michael Albertus,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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The group wields enormous influence setting vaccine policy in the United States, including which vaccines will be covered by insurance.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
24 June 2025
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Energy Prices The war between Israel and Iran had evoked fears of a regional conflict that results in massive civilian casualties, and disrupts the flow of energy and other trade through the region.—
Sara Braun,
Fortune,
22 June 2025
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The bill, a massive measure currently in the Senate that will extend tax cuts passed by Trump during his first term, will remove or limit tax credits for electric vehicles and home energy efficiency if passed, as well as create gradual, year-by-year cuts to wind and solar farm tax credits.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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“Planetary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/planetary. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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