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Scientists are one step closer to discovering whether earthlings are alone in the universe, as NASA’s largest and most technologically advanced planetary spacecraft, the Europa Clipper, launched on Oct 14.
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Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Oct. 2024
Food items — from sausages to oranges — have wrenched global control from pathetic earthlings, many of whom are now dead.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 10 July 2024
Or, in this case, about science and not the petty problems of earthlings.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 9 July 2024
While we earthlings prepare for a rare total solar eclipse that will pass over North America, Mars had one of its own earlier this year.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
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Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Oct. 2024
Food items — from sausages to oranges — have wrenched global control from pathetic earthlings, many of whom are now dead.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 10 July 2024
Or, in this case, about science and not the petty problems of earthlings.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 9 July 2024
While we earthlings prepare for a rare total solar eclipse that will pass over North America, Mars had one of its own earlier this year.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
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“Earthling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earthling. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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earthling
noun
earth·ling
ˈərth-liŋ 
: one who lives on the planet earth
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