as in temporal
having to do with life on earth especially as opposed to that in heaven
a sermon against our obsession with earthly pursuits
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Recent Examples of earthly
For his earthly Washington Secrets Weekly Report Card, Trump made several advances toward his divine goal.
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Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 23 Aug. 2025
Most scientists with relevant expertise suspected the specimen had been contaminated with earthly life, which is the consensus today.
—F.d. Flam, Twin Cities, 6 Aug. 2025
Indulge in the earthly scents of Morocco and refresh your headspace with their Moroccan Hammam, or take an invigorating dip in the cold plunge to stimulate your mind and stimulate circulation in the body.
—Náosha Gregg, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
Because his reality emerges from fiction, Musk is untethered from any sense of earthly constraints.
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 28 July 2025
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Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 23 Aug. 2025
Most scientists with relevant expertise suspected the specimen had been contaminated with earthly life, which is the consensus today.
—F.d. Flam, Twin Cities, 6 Aug. 2025
Indulge in the earthly scents of Morocco and refresh your headspace with their Moroccan Hammam, or take an invigorating dip in the cold plunge to stimulate your mind and stimulate circulation in the body.
—Náosha Gregg, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
Because his reality emerges from fiction, Musk is untethered from any sense of earthly constraints.
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for earthly
Adjective
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Grey’s son, Loren Grey, restored his father’s original ending in the novel’s 1982 Pocket Books reprint, but the vanishing mythos remains intact, with the last of the tribe wistfully following Curtis’s Navajo into the temporal graveyard of the past.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Psychologists call this a temporal landmark, a point in time like a birthday or seasonal shift that can spark motivation to take on new challenges.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Thoughts of all the beautiful, mundane, familiar things that make life so sweet had turned sour in my ominous fortune-telling.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
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On the face of it, data migration is one of those mundane but necessary IT tasks—the process of moving data from one place to another.—
Carl D'Halluin,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Yet until the samples can be studied in terrestrial labs, their significance remains uncertain.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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Forests, the largest terrestrial carbon sinks in the world, are part of the solution.—
Ryan Gellert,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Farrell was a heavy favorite due to his complete physical transformation in The Penguin, becoming barely recognizable to play villainous Oswald.—
Toni Fitzgerald,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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With a mix of humor and introspection, Turturro’s speech reflected on his experiences taking care of his late brother with mental challenges and physical illness.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In 2022, the FDA Modernization Act 2.0 paved the way for alternatives to animal testing, and in December 2023, an NIH advisory committee made similar recommendations to develop non-animal methods.—
Rachel Fobar,
Vox,
14 May 2025
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Rendering is a process that transforms animal by-products, like leftover meat and fats...and yes, chicken feet, into usable materials, such as animal feed, fuel, and other industrial products.—
Phil Kafarakis,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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Sumpter was charged with multiple felonies and misdemeanors, including assault likely to produce great bodily injury, battery with serious bodily injury and dissuading a witness, Butte County public records show.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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Tyler Robinson was also arrested on charges of obstruction of justice and the felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury, authorities said.—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Earthly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/earthly. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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