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Venus’ alignment with Neptune makes a love affair seem fated.—Usa Today, USA Today, 2 May 2025 Commitments and romantic affairs are highlighted with Venus conjunct Neptune in your relationship sector, Libra.—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 2 May 2025 Some of the strongest evidence that points to the existence of a planet within the outskirts of the solar system is the activity within the Kuiper Belt, an unusual clustering of icy bodies -- including comets and dwarf planets -- which stretches from Neptune and outward toward interstellar space.—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 2 May 2025 For comparison, the outermost planet, Neptune, is 30 AU (2.8 billion miles, or 4.5 billion kilometers) from the sun.—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 1 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for Neptune
Word History
Etymology
Latin Neptunus
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Time Traveler
The first known use of Neptune was
before the 12th century
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