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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
The strategic effect of this shift is not only material but temporal.
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Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
Researchers then sifted through the trail camera photos, identified the animals and analyzed their frequency, temporal patterns and other data.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
Between June and September 2023, Dale had a deep plane neck and facelift, forehead lift, blepharoplasty (upper and lower), fat transfer to the face, temporal lift and a chemical peel.
—Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
In purchasing labor-power as a commodity, capitalists claim temporal control over living labor in the process of production.
—Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
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Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
Researchers then sifted through the trail camera photos, identified the animals and analyzed their frequency, temporal patterns and other data.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
Between June and September 2023, Dale had a deep plane neck and facelift, forehead lift, blepharoplasty (upper and lower), fat transfer to the face, temporal lift and a chemical peel.
—Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
In purchasing labor-power as a commodity, capitalists claim temporal control over living labor in the process of production.
—Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for temporal
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The pair’s fight is fueled by the mundane (a busted dinner party) and the profound (Mark’s addiction, Dawn’s codependence, the constant pressure of professional fighting).—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
1 Oct. 2025
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Between food prep and costume store runs, the magic of Halloween can quickly become mundane.—
Parents Editors,
Parents,
1 Oct. 2025
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Shikaki, who has been tracking Palestinian public opinion for decades, said Barghouti is by far the most popular Palestinian leader and the only secular nationalist capable of winning elections.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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The story is based on the true case of the abduction in Israel of a seven-year-old Jewish boy, Yossele Schumacher, by his ultra-Orthodox grandfather in the early 1960s, to prevent him from being raised as a secular Jew by his parents.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Unistellar plans to have over 1 million terrestrial points of interest added to its database, with Envision including real-time altitude, distance and azimuth data into the display.—
Tariq Malik,
Space.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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He was instantly hooked by Channel 4’s weekly NFL coverage following the terrestrial channel’s launch in 1982.—
Peter Carline,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Green Hill plans to help restart Smith Springs financially, provide manpower for physical work and could potentially have some of its congregants move to Smith Springs Baptist, officials said.—
Andy Humbles,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Oct. 2025
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Harbaugh wants to be a physical team.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Co-written by Bentley with Greg Kwedar (the primary creative team behind ‘Sing Sing’), ‘Train Dreams’ thrives on its philosophical inquiries into the earthly randomness of events that make up a life.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
8 Oct. 2025
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Especially right now, when most of whatever happens next would seem to be determined by arbitrary and despotic centers of earthly power.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Sanchez was charged with felony battery involving serious bodily injury on Monday.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Originally, Ascher and Fraker were each charged with one count of failure to act to prevent bodily harm to a child, a felony that could have resulted in as much as six-year prison sentences.—
Jim Riccioli,
jsonline.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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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
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“Temporal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temporal. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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