How to Use planet in a Sentence

planet

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  • The adorable Key deer are found in the Lower Keys and nowhere else on the planet.
    — Gwen Filosa, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The light is believed to be the glow from a bolt of lightning near the planet's north pole.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 20 June 2023
  • The Black Keys are among the most dynamic live rock and blues bands on the planet.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The truth is, Steve's one of the most talented people on the planet.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Our robots crawl all over the planet Mars and send back home movies.
    — Charles Hammer, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Now, a trove of his artwork has left the ground—and the planet—and is flying toward the moon.
    — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Feb. 2024
  • And all the while, humans—and everything else living on the planet—pay the price.
    — Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The brief, horrific scenes of the Harkonnen home planet of Giedi Prime are some of the best in the film.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Shiner: And the ones that struck our planet brought water.
    — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Lately, she’s been spending time with some of the biggest stars on the planet.
    — Frances Solá-Santiago, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Are there billions of Kolob-like planets with billions of names on them?
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 July 2023
  • Both knees in prayer for our planet, our future, leaders of our world and our globe.
    — Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Out of 8 billion persons on the planet 0.2% of them are Jewish.
    — Will Oremus, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Household food waste is a problem for the planet—but a few simple changes can help.
    — Alexandra Frost, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The two men spent four hours exploring the planet’s deepest spot.
    — William J. Broad, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Boulders and smaller ejecta would have to be knocked out of the way, along with the rest of the asteroid, in order to spare the planet.
    — Ramin Skibba, WIRED, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Some characters are left behind and have to try and make it off that planet to try and survive.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The moon, the brightest and largest object in our night sky, isn’t technically a planet.
    — Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The only way to prove his theory is to obtain tissue samples from some of the largest sharks on the planet.
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
  • Want to know how your actions can help make a difference for our planet?
    — Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2023
  • Big cats like tigers and lions have earned a reputation for being some of the fiercest predators on the planet.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
  • This is the final week of Pluto, the planet of transformation, being present in the sign of Aquarius this year.
    — Dossé-Via, refinery29.com, 5 June 2023
  • Light from this distant galaxy took 13.2 billion years to reach our planet and paints a picture of UHZ1 in the early days of the universe.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Record high global air and ocean temperatures like the planet felt in 2023 only will continue to melt more of the ice in the South Pole.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Of all the species surviving and thriving on our great planet, here are six animals with strange names.
    — Amiah Taylor, Discover Magazine, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The movie serves as a sequel to 2021’s Godzilla vs. Kong and sees the two characters team up to face a colossal threat hidden deep within the planet.
    — Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Earth, of course, completes a rotation on its axis in about 24 hours, while the moon takes roughly a month to do a full orbital loop around the planet.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Warm summer nights are the perfect time to try out a new telescope to see the stars, planets and galactic features of the summer night sky!
    — M. Josh Roberts, Popular Mechanics, 21 June 2023
  • One of The most powerful entertainers on the planet shouldn’t have to sing in a defensive crouch.
    — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Yet, the oceanic crust that makes up a majority of the planet's surface doesn't get anywhere near as well.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024

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