How to Use planet in a Sentence

planet

noun
  • The adorable Key deer are found in the Lower Keys and nowhere else on the planet.
    Gwen Filosa, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The humans are about to re-take the planet from the apes by the end of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 11 May 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
  • Apophis will strike this planet for at least 100 years.
    Corinne Purtill, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Our robots crawl all over the planet Mars and send back home movies.
    Charles Hammer, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2024
  • All jokes aside, being a mom is the toughest job on the planet.
    Samantha Lawyer, Woman's Day, 31 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • The irony is, Australia is one of the few places on the planet devoid of squirrels.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Here's what to know about the 25-year-old singer with the gig most musicians on the planet would love to have.
    Joe Mutascio, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Shields smiled her way through as one of the most famous models on the planet.
    Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2023
  • 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
  • And as the climate warms, trees can also help slow down the manmade changes brought to the planet.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Aug. 2024
  • In a show with some of the finest actors on the planet, Macfadyen still manages to stand out.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Lately, she’s been spending time with some of the biggest stars on the planet.
    Frances Solá-Santiago, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024
  • This mini moon will loop around our planet from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25.
    Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 29 Sep. 2024
  • The site is in the foothills of the Andes and represents one of the more biodiverse regions on the planet.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 18 June 2024
  • In the race for the title of the planet with the most moons, Saturn may have overtaken Jupiter for the final time.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2023
  • 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
  • Astronomers have been searching the Kuiper Belt for a hidden planet for more than a decade.
    Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • The planet continuing to tilt is because humans are pumping and moving an obscene amount of groundwater across the planet and redistributing it, according to the study's press release.
    Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Consuming less meat and animal products generally means less animal suffering and less of a burden on the planet and maybe one’s personal health.
    David G. Allan, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024

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