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the Earth

NOUN

the world

Synonyms

STRONGEST

globe planet

STRONG

apple cosmos creation macrocosm orb sphere star universe vale

WEAK

big blue marble sublunary world terra terra firma terrene terrestrial sphere

Example Sentences

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Right now, the company has just a handful of satellites orbiting the Earth.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Jenny Lloyd, of Friends of the Earth Cymru, said the council's decision was "great news".

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

For now, SpaceX has a huge lead in space-based communications, with a dominant launch franchise, operating roughly two-thirds of all satellites orbiting the Earth.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

This leads to dehydration and eventually “desertification”—a phenomenon the film tracks across a quasi-equatorial band of the Earth, where deforestation in pursuit of farmland has had a deleterious effect.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

If the glimourie protected the Archipelago, what protected the rest of the Earth?

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell