comets
- plural of comet.
Example Sentences
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From about 4.56 billion to 3.5 billion years ago, meteorites, micrometeorites and interplanetary dust particles from asteroids and comets repeatedly struck Earth.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
These frozen environments contain ice that may have trapped material delivered by comets and asteroids billions of years ago.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026
He’s standing across the net from comets barely half his age and smoking almost all of them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
The ratio is much higher than what is typically seen in comets from our own solar system, with only a handful of known examples showing similar characteristics.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2026
Rockets shooting, fireballs bursting, comets shrieking, sparks sizzling.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
