How to Use Neptune in a Sentence

Neptune

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  • For those who did not get lucky in Neptune, there’s still more cash to be won.
    — Sara Smart, CNN, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The orbit takes it as far away as the orbit of Neptune and as close as the orbit of Venus.
    — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2024
  • The title likens the blue, windy atmosphere on Neptune to that of the wintry Cape.
    — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Pisces What the stars are up to: Your sign ruler Neptune is retrograde in your sign.
    — Jennifer Culp, Them, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Pitts said most of the planets are smaller than Neptune.
    — CBS News, 30 Nov. 2023
  • At the same time, a strong Neptune and Mars energy will push you to focus on your health.
    — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 21 Aug. 2023
  • In 1989, a storm was documented on Neptune and named the Great Dark Spot.
    — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The trident that is the company’s emblem is a replica of the one found in the Fountain of Neptune in Bologna.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Pisces What the stars are up to: Saturn and your ruler Neptune are both retrograde in your sign.
    — Jennifer Culp, Them, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Cops said the incident happened at the Neptune Ave. station on the F line at 3 p.m. on June 7.
    — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 20 June 2024
  • No missions to Neptune and Triton are planned before the late 2030s.
    — Discover Magazine, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The home where deputies discovered the twin girls is about 10 miles east of downtown Jacksonville and west of Neptune Beach.
    — Scott Butler, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2023
  • In fact, Neptune, the farthest planet from the sun, is never visible to the naked eye.
    — Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 June 2024
  • In terms of the performance-to-price ratio, this Neptune model can’t be beat.
    — Hunter Fenollol, Popular Mechanics, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Mars standing off with Neptune says to shift your focus.
    — USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2023
  • With the sea and mountains in the near distance, the scene surely could have been mistaken as a nod to the Roman deity Neptune.
    — Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 26 May 2023
  • One asks you to get kills on Neptune, where the Competitive Nightfall counts, at least this week.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 7 May 2023
  • Seemingly unchanged for a billion years, the six planets around a sun-like star are all between the size of Earth and Neptune.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • This is when Mercury perfects its trine with Jupiter, and Venus squares Neptune in the most angular (read: loudest) parts of your chart.
    — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Dec. 2023
  • This new moon is in the sign of Gemini, and it’s also connected with Neptune, the planet of dreaming.
    — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 17 June 2023
  • But the outermost planet — also about the mass of Neptune — may survive.
    — Quanta Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Super Earth refers to a planet's size — bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune.
    — CBS News, 8 May 2024
  • Uranus and Neptune, meanwhile—the most remote of the group—will require high-power binoculars or a telescope.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 28 May 2024
  • The law works for Ceres, which predicted that there should be something in the region of the asteroid belt but failed after the discovery of Neptune.
    — Paul M. Sutter, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2023
  • In the distant future, a mysterious crime unfolds on the lonely Neptune moon of Athos.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 2 May 2024
  • With his truck at a standstill just before the turn onto Neptune Road in East Boston, one driver offered a resigned view of his fate.
    — Daniel Kool, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2023
  • The two grew up living a couple blocks from one another in Neptune Township, New Jersey.
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 1 Aug. 2024
  • For traditional Polynesian cuisine—with an ocean view in the background, of course—Neptune’s Island is the go-to.
    — Jessica Kelly, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Mercury opposes Uranus, creates trines with Neptune and Mars, and forms a sextile with Pluto.
    — Jennifer Culp, Them, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The days ahead show us their true nature, especially since the planets Saturn and Neptune gently aspect the Scorpio sun.
    — Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 21 Oct. 2024

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