the face of the earth

noun phrase

: everywhere in the world
a species that has vanished from the face of the earth

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Wipe the human race off the face of the earth. — Caroline Rose Giuliani, New Yorker, 19 May 2026 Lastly, don’t drop off the face of the earth after the first several months. — Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 9 Mar. 2026 This is an invasion of another nation and an attempt to obliterate the Ukrainian people from the face of the earth. — Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2026 Along the perimeter were our tents, in a haphazard row, each one covered with blue tarp to keep out the fierce rain that sometimes seemed not to fall so much as blast horizontally across the face of the earth. — Literary Hub, 15 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the face of the earth

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the face of the earth
the fact is/remains
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“The face of the earth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20face%20of%20the%20earth. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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