as in giant
unusually large
a positively planetary new shopping development
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Greek astronomers used Babylonian observations to make geometric models of planetary motions, part of the long path toward modern astronomy.
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James Byrne, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2025
Auroras Across The Solar System: Moons Studying auroras allows researchers to map planetary magnetic fields, assess atmospheric composition, and even infer the presence of subsurface oceans — as seen with some of Jupiter’s moons.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
For the first time since the Black Death in the 1300s, the planetary population will decline.
—Russell N Myers, Twin Cities, 25 Mar. 2025
The prevailing view among the medical and scientific community has not changed: Reducing consumption of red and processed meats is better for human and planetary health.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2025
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Born in Okayama, Japan, Hattori began his racing career on the open-wheel circuits of his home country before taking a giant leap across the Pacific to chase his dreams in America.—
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Dire wolves mostly ate horses and bison, with occasional forays into giant sloths and baby mammoths.—
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The Hauraki Gulf is a vast and ecologically rich body of water that stretches from Auckland to the Coromandel Peninsula and Great Barrier Island.—
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Health officials bracing for deep cuts within NIOSH include workers at the agency's Pittsburgh and Spokane offices, where some 200 staff — the vast majority of those working out of the locations — are expected to be impacted, according to a notice sent to their union.—
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Last year saw a huge uptick in tornadoes later in the spring and activity continued through December, with nearly 2,000 tornado reports in total.—
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More: Top Armed Services Republican and Democrat call for independent probe of Hegseth and Signal leak The retired lieutenant colonel said Hegseth appeared to have added real time updates from a secure Defense Department messaging system – a huge breach of security.—
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Goodbye millions of programmers, hello gigantic business savings.—
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But Stanford is a rare school where even assistant coaches leaving doesn’t usually have a gigantic impact on recruiting.—
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Costs are astronomical, rents and leases and construction costs and permits for grease traps.—
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While the odds for winning any prize will improve from 1 in 24 to 1 in 23, the chances of winning the big prize will still be astronomical: going from 1 in 302,575,350 to 1 in 290,472,336.—
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Most teams have a tremendous amount at stake in the final week of the season.—
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Head coach Geno Auriemma earned his 12th NCAA women's basketball championship Sunday, after an 82-58 rout over No. 1 seed South Carolina, a tremendous feat for his legendary career – the most of any men's or women's program in NCAA history.—
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An underwater camera confirmed the enormous Māori octopus (Octopus maorum) was alive and actively moving.—
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The play still brought in an enormous $3.28 million, and played to a more than 100 percent capacity with an average ticket price of $298.83.—
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Shrek was a massive hit with audiences of all ages, grossing over $484 million worldwide, per Box Office Mojo, and winning the first-ever Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2002.—
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On 25th March 2025, Russian forces launched a massive drone assault on Dnipropetrovsk oblast, including Marhanets and Nikopol, marking one of the largest and most intense attacks of the war to date.—
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“Planetary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/planetary. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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