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earths

  • plural
    of earth.
    earth
    noun
    the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7,926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7,900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
  • present tense form
    of earth (3rd person singular).
    earth
    noun
    the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7,926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7,900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.

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Rare earths, harder to separate and less valuable, are generally recycled alongside steel and end up irretrievably lost in a byproduct called slag.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

As for the rare earths in Myanmar, few experts believe they will ever be of much use to the US.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Chinese companies have signed a number of energy-related deals, seeking to buy natural gas in Turkmenistan, uranium in Kazakhstan and rare earths in Tajikistan.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

The bank says the deal demonstrates the increased interest in Brazil for rare earths.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

“Adiah was able to take that volume of splendor into her body nearly a hundred years ago, during the Bonding, when it rose to the earths surface in a greater magnitude than usual,” she said.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray