as in giant
unusually large
a positively planetary new shopping development
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Recent Examples of planetary
An illustration of the solar system and planetary orbits.
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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2025
But stargazers will get another chance to see a planetary alignment in August, when several of our celestial neighbors will be visible in morning skies.
—Katrina Miller, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
The current parade of planets, mistakenly called a planetary alignment by some, in the night sky shortly after sunset has been calculated as a few-times-a-century phenomenon by scientists.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
So what does such a planetary alignment mean for science?
—Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 19 Feb. 2025
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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2025
But stargazers will get another chance to see a planetary alignment in August, when several of our celestial neighbors will be visible in morning skies.
—Katrina Miller, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
The current parade of planets, mistakenly called a planetary alignment by some, in the night sky shortly after sunset has been calculated as a few-times-a-century phenomenon by scientists.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
So what does such a planetary alignment mean for science?
—Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for planetary
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The pair re-teamed at the Academy Awards the following year for the broadcast’s introductory sketch, which featured Palance dragging a giant Oscar statue onstage, with Crystal (again the host) riding it.—
Jordan Runtagh,
People.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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There are spells, curses, vendettas, a twist villain, giant dragons who turn into humanoid warriors and many other creatures populating the world of this gargantuan feat of eye-popping computer animation.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
2 Mar. 2025
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What to Do Sure, wine tasting and farm-to-table dining is why many travelers come to the Willamette Valley to begin with, but its vast beauty shouldn't be wasted.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
7 Mar. 2025
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The two lone wolves traverse a wasteland of vast canyons, derelict cityscapes and blazing oil fields, digitally rendered on blue screens.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
7 Mar. 2025
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Ensuring a few words wouldn’t spark a huge conflagration that could be splashed across social media, Steph Curry qualified his thought.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Mar. 2025
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Photo : Miroslav Cik A huge terrace wraps around the house, providing lots of space for alfresco dining and relaxing.—
Emma Reynolds,
Robb Report,
4 Mar. 2025
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Acoustic Sounds occupies a hodgepodge of squat industrial buildings in Salina, a city of about 50,000 near the geographic center of the 48 contiguous states, where grain elevators and a gigantic frozen pizza plant jut out from the flat plains landscape.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
7 Mar. 2025
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Some knobby with new growth, some short or gigantic, some suffering or shrunken, some reaching over paths and roads.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
5 Mar. 2025
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Nevertheless, companies will have to figure out how to survive the gap between today’s high costs and minimal utility for the eventual astronomical ROI of AI.—
Chris Perry,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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The odds are astronomical with or without a happy accident, the lottery office noted, with chances for a top-prize Money Blitz win being one in 1,142,400.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
20 Feb. 2025
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Of course, Cena vs. Rhodes sounds like a tremendous WrestleMania main event on paper, too, a bout that WWE fans would be easily invested in given how popular Cena and Rhodes have been at their peaks.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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This is a time of tremendous grief and pain for those who knew and loved him.—
Caroline Frost,
Deadline,
2 Mar. 2025
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The decision to remove the enormous mural near the White House comes after a U.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., introduced legislation earlier this week that gave D.C. an ultimatum: either paint over the slogan or risk losing federal funding.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
8 Mar. 2025
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There are also the now-traditional summer preseason schedules of European clubs who spend a few weeks in America playing before enormous crowds before kicking off their new seasons back home.—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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Paying the high acquisition cost to get him would be a massive risk.—
Peter Baugh,
The Athletic,
6 Mar. 2025
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Additionally, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon each signed separate nuclear energy agreements late last year in anticipation of the massive energy demands of their AI plans.—
Britney Nguyen,
Quartz,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Planetary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/planetary. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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