planet earth

collocation in English

meaningsofplanetandearth

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planet
noun[C]
uk
/ˈplæn.ɪt/us
/ˈplæn.ɪt/
an extremely large, round mass of rock and metal, such as Earth, or of gas, such as Jupiter, that moves in a circular path around the sun or ...
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earth
noun
uk
/ɜːθ/us
/ɝːθ/
the planet third in order of distance from the sun, between Venus and Mars; the world on which ...
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(Definition ofplanetandearthfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We must remember that in speaking of the history of ' the world ', we are not referring to theplanetearth, or even to the entire physical universe.
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But while the authors offer a number of developments key to a sustainable human-environment symbiosis, it seems we are too late to retrofit them - at least onplanetearth.
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I also hope that working with the environment will bring him more in touch withplanetearth.
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Let us spray them around the entire middle east and then see long we survive onplanetearth.
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One can imagine the ultimate scenario in which man is asked: why was it necessary to destroyplanetearth?
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Kyoto raised the hope that the 6 billion people onplanetearthcould work together to confront the grave environmental problems that face us all.
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I hope that it will do so in this case, for it may have major implications for the future of the whole human race and, indeed, forplanetearthitself.
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As a result, the film turns out to be a humorous and poetic declaration of love forplanetearth.
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Furthermore, it insisted that it does not publish live imaging of protests or any other events onplanetearth.
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In the story 17 billion human beings live onplanetearth.
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Meanwhile, a comet hurtling towardsplanetearthis inciting the populace to revolt, and anarchy has set in all over the globe.
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It features two ears of green leaves facing each other and cradling a globe resemblingplanetearth.
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The name is a reference to the time it takes light travelling from the sun to reachplanetearth.
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It seems that this adulteration of the human gene pool was a major problem on theplanetearth.
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Science tells us thatplanetearthis a living being.
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This hunt has brought them to ourplanetearth.
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Even ourplanetearthhas its own cycle.
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I love every race on theplanetearth.
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Topics of discussion were mass extinctions, earth's self-destructive phenomena, and life beyondplanetearth.
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On theplanetearthit takes many years to see the death of a star, because of the great distance between the stars and the earth.
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