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Recent Examples of planet
That's because astronomers struggle to image planets orbiting stars other than our own sun.
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 12 June 2025
Understanding Pluto's atmosphere could therefore potentially teach us something about our own planet's beginnings.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 12 June 2025
Brown dwarfs, which are objects of intermediate mass between planets and stars, give off essentially no visible light and can only be detected in the infrared.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 12 June 2025
So many people on the planet deal with some type of mental illness.
—Brian Wilson, Vulture, 11 June 2025
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 12 June 2025
Understanding Pluto's atmosphere could therefore potentially teach us something about our own planet's beginnings.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 12 June 2025
Brown dwarfs, which are objects of intermediate mass between planets and stars, give off essentially no visible light and can only be detected in the infrared.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 12 June 2025
So many people on the planet deal with some type of mental illness.
—Brian Wilson, Vulture, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for planet
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Going rogue against the Director’s wishes, Eve turns her quest for vengeance into a rescue when a little girl is kidnapped, and globe trots from a neon New York nightclub to a snowy Austrian village full of murderous locals.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
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Known as one of the last privately held of the original eight big studios, RKO’s iconic tower and globe logo has lit movie and television screens for over 90 years.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
4 June 2025
Noun
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Despite the pessimism in the business world these days—with the stock market gyrating, unemployment unpredictable, costs rising, and international trade becoming burdensome, the future of the aerospace industry is bright.—
Yogi Tharanibalan,
Hartford Courant,
3 June 2025
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Lost in Starlight is set in a futuristic version of Seoul, and there are so many imaginative visual details throughout the film’s world.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
3 June 2025
Noun
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The landscape is unfamiliar, flat, ranch-style houses, stretches of red earth.—
Hala Alyan
June 9,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2025
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Wines are typically pale to medium pink, with flavors of red cherry, earth and a hint of salt from nearby coastal breezes.—
Rachel King,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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“Planet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/planet. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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