major planet

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noun

a planet of the solar system, as opposed to an asteroid (minor planet)

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How to use major planet in a sentence

To put it rather uncharitably, the USPHS practiced a major dental experiment on a city full of unconsenting subjects.
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Other major news outlets made the same decision, hiding behind a misplaced sense of multicultural sensitivity.
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Iraq may have been an irregular fight, but it had major moments.
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Andy Serkis, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Do you want to be on the wrong side of history, Academy?
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In fact, Mexico buys and sells more US goods than any other country on the planet except for Canada.
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The major-general kept him well informed of every movement of the enemy, and pointed out the dangerous isolation of Davout.
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Thereon the major-general took on himself to nominate Prince Eugne as Murat's successor.
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Major Abbott and his brother officers, trying to keep their men loyal, stood fast and listened to the distant turmoil in the city.
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Frulein Fichtner was the young lady who was going to play his concerto in A major at the concert that evening.
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Reckoning that Neptune is the outermost planet of the solar system, that system would have a diameter of 5,584 millions of miles.
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