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The fact that each of these planetlike orange circles is itself made up of tiny orange circles makes clear that the music of the spheres is also the music of atoms, and vice versa.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2023

To test the mechanism for the formation of planetlike masses, my colleagues and I proposed a survey with the Hubble Space Telescope.

From Scientific American • Aug. 16, 2021

Over the past 2 decades, astronomers have identified more than 500 planetlike objects outside of our solar system.

From Science Magazine • May 18, 2011

They look out at the water, at a shipbuilding facility, at the soaring Route 613 overpass, at the tiny golden McDonald's arches that seem to rise, planetlike, over the tree line on the far shore.

From Washington Post • Jun. 8, 2010

Through the now much-brightened glow of the comet, it had ceased to be a planetlike speck reflecting sunlight; and showed its actual form.

From Comet's Burial by Gallun, Raymond Z.