planetary
adjective
plan·e·tary
ˈpla-nə-ˌter-ē 
1
2
a
: of, relating to, or belonging to the earth : terrestrial
3
: having or consisting of an epicyclic train of gear wheels
Synonyms
- astronomical
- astronomic
- Brobdingnagian
- bumper
- colossal
- cosmic
- cosmical
- cyclopean
- elephantine
- enormous
- galactic
- gargantuan
- giant
- gigantesque
- gigantic
- grand
- herculean
- heroic
- heroical
- Himalayan
- huge
- humongous
- humungous
- immense
- jumbo
- king-size
- king-sized
- leviathan
- mammoth
- massive
- mega
- mighty
- monster
- monstrous
- monumental
- mountainous
- oceanic
- pharaonic
- prodigious
- super
- super-duper
- supersize
- supersized
- titanic
- tremendous
- vast
- vasty
- walloping
- whacking
- whopping
Examples of planetary in a Sentence
a positively planetary new shopping development
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Do countries have a legal as well as a moral obligation to prevent a planetary disaster?
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Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024
These staging attacks and Illuminate disappearances are too precise and elusive to suggest a full-scale planetary conquest, but their methods and intentions remain a dire enigma.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
The potential of prosocial AI — artificial intelligence designed for human and planetary well-being — offers an innovative, and pragmatic pathway.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
But Part Two told the story of Paul Atreides’s rise to power with a satisfying mix of triumph and gruesomeness, rendering his planetary jihad in awe-inspiring fashion.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
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Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024
These staging attacks and Illuminate disappearances are too precise and elusive to suggest a full-scale planetary conquest, but their methods and intentions remain a dire enigma.
—Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
The potential of prosocial AI — artificial intelligence designed for human and planetary well-being — offers an innovative, and pragmatic pathway.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
But Part Two told the story of Paul Atreides’s rise to power with a satisfying mix of triumph and gruesomeness, rendering his planetary jihad in awe-inspiring fashion.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Planetary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/planetary. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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planetary
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