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as in mundane
having to do with life on earth especially as opposed to that in heaven
do not worry about temporal concerns, but instead focus on spiritual matters
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as in secular
not involving religion or religious matters
administrators on campus are in place to deal with students' temporal needs, and spiritual advisors are available to help students with their nontemporal needs
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Recent Examples of temporal
These areas included the prefrontal cortex, cingulate cortex, parietal and temporal cortices, and the amygdala, which are involved in pain processing, emotional regulation, and cognition.
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Stephanie Anderson Witmer, Health, 2 June 2026
Richmond University Medical Center said the fire marshal has a temporal fracture and a small brain bleed and remains in critical condition.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2026
In fact, infants start out being able to process multiple temporal patterns equally well, but specialize across the first year in the patterns common to their culture, losing the ability to process others.
—Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
Here, drawing becomes temporal and communal — something heard as much as seen.
—Olga Garcia-Mayoral, Miami Herald, 19 May 2026
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Stephanie Anderson Witmer, Health, 2 June 2026
Richmond University Medical Center said the fire marshal has a temporal fracture and a small brain bleed and remains in critical condition.
—Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2026
In fact, infants start out being able to process multiple temporal patterns equally well, but specialize across the first year in the patterns common to their culture, losing the ability to process others.
—Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
Here, drawing becomes temporal and communal — something heard as much as seen.
—Olga Garcia-Mayoral, Miami Herald, 19 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for temporal
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The first task starts sedately, with Rekha Shankar, Siobhan, and Lily trying to find the Dropout-style antic comedy in a mundane laundry-day chore.—
Tasha Robinson,
Vulture,
16 June 2026
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Periodicals first presented mundane merchant reports, then ventured to publish observations on arts and literature.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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The docudrama drew large crowds in France last year despite criticism from some secular and Catholic sources.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 June 2026
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Moreover, Christian humanists believe the sacred-secular divide that many Christians embrace is not just artificial but profoundly misguided.—
Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
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At the same time, Standard Nuclear operates as an independent, reactor-agnostic fuel developer, meaning its TRISO fuel can be utilized across various third-party reactor designs for both terrestrial power grids and space exploration systems.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
17 June 2026
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But in Brazil, the main terrestrial broadcaster, Globo, has avoided advertising.—
Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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Team Australia players Jacob Italiano and Harry Souttar just received two yellow cards after the referee determined that the match is becoming too physical.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
20 June 2026
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Professor Igor Aharonovich said twisting layered materials can produce entirely new physical behaviors.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
19 June 2026
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Some of this can be put down to the production; Kartel’s longtime collaborator and established hitmaker TJ Records conjures a palette more suited to the trebly ionosphere of Spotify streams than the groundshaking speaker stacks that once fortified dancehall’s earthly domain.—
Edwin “STATS” Houghton,
Pitchfork,
17 June 2026
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The British journalist Malcolm Muggeridge, who converted to Christianity late in his life, pointed out that Jesus’s entire ministry was directed against the pretensions of earthly power.—
Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
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Under California law, police agencies are generally required to release to the public audio and video recordings of police shootings and other critical incidents involving great bodily injury within 45 days of the incident.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2026
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While everybody constantly loses fluids through breathing, sweating and other normal bodily processes, someone who is very active – such as a construction worker, landscaper or endurance athlete – can experience significantly more fluid loss than the average person.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
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The charity reports a 70% increase in multi-animal incidents across England and Wales since 2021, defining such cases as those involving 10 or more animals.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
9 Apr. 2026
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Regulators are trying to push drug development into a post-animal testing era.—
Meghana Keshavan,
STAT,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Temporal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temporal. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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