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Recent Examples of temporal The Science of Temporal Distancing Another EQ technique that pairs beautifully with Wright's insight is something called temporal distancing. Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 For video chats, a low-latency Super Resolution filter, temporal noise filtering, and frame interpolation can improve video quality and smooth a low-frame-rate video chat. ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025 An open lower temporal bar – a gap in the cheek region of the skull – makes reptile jaws more flexible. New Atlas, 15 Sep. 2025 This approach cuts storage needs sixteenfold while preserving fine spatial and temporal detail. Shannon Cuthrell, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for temporal
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Adjective
  • 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
  • Between food prep and costume store runs, the magic of Halloween can quickly become mundane.
    Parents Editors, Parents, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Hamas’s founding goal was to wrest control of the Palestinian national movement from its secular rivals and transform it into an Islamist cause.
    Hussein Ibish, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Interview Jews, Israeli Arabs, Druze, orthodox, secular, etc.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But beyond its sheer existence, as a large terrestrial bird with a limited capacity for flight, the Menura fits into a rare category of birds like ostriches and penguins that stay grounded rather than taking off into the skies.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2025
  • In the longer term, the best way to properly confirm these findings would be to return samples for analysis in terrestrial laboratories.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In the cold and austere German winter (a far cry from Dakar’s physical and cultural warmth), an anxious Nourou acts up outside a hotel and is accosted by a Polish security guard, setting off a minor chain reaction in which Maja intervenes on his behalf, much to his chagrin.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Cottrell is facing one count of murder and one count of tampering with physical evidence.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This means the earthly remains of the beloved saint will bring thousands of visitors to honor the saint's life of virtue and ask for her prayers.
    Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Scholars intuited a link between the celestial and earthly multitudes.
    Greg Grandin September 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Her erotica revels in bodily fluids.
    Judith Thurman, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The suspect, 27-year-old Saul Montanez, faces charges of collision involving death and serious bodily injury, according to jail records.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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 2 Oct. 2025.

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