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planets

noun

plural of planet

as in globes

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 planets What's happening with the new race to the moon and other planets? — Space.com Staff, Space.com, 11 July 2026 Other planets in our solar system have moons; some have many. — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 10 July 2026 Telescopes certainly will enhance the view but spectators don't need any equipment to spot those planets joining the moon in the pre-dawn sky. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 July 2026 And so by the same extension, there’s all these Earth-like planets out there. — Quanta Magazine, 9 July 2026 July is full of celestial occurrences, including a comet, visible planets and a full moon named after an animal. — Alexiah Syrai Olsen, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026 In the Milky Way alone, roughly four billion Earth-sized planets are sitting in the habitable zones of Sun-like stars. — Chris Young july 07, New Atlas, 7 July 2026

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In another Amsterdam photo, a pair of identical world globes, recalling Ghirri’s passion for cartography and atlases, rest on matching supports to conjure that oldest of surrealist tropes, a pair of staring eyes.

— James Quandt, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Besides dusting, this includes wiping off the lightbulbs, removing any light globes to wash and dry them, and wiping dust from the fan’s motor and pull chain with a microfiber cloth.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 May 2026

Definition of globes

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As a producer with a foot in both the classic-rock and modern pop/rap worlds, Watt possesses both a fanboy’s reverence for Stones history and a shrewd knowledge of the precision mechanics practiced in pro songwriters’ rooms.

— Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 13 July 2026
Fiction is able to explore the seams of self-interest and conflict that run across men’s social worlds with a freer hand.

— Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 13 July 2026

Definition of worlds

Noun

China imposed export restrictions on 10 US companies, including two rare-earths firms backed by Washington, marking the latest escalation in recent Sino-American trade tensions.

— Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 22 June 2026
Many companies that depend on these magnets have been looking for alternatives, either a rare-earths-free magnet or a motor without magnets.

— Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026

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