ex·tra·ter·res·tri·al
ˌek-strə-tə-ˈre-strē-əl 
-ˈres-chəl,
-ˈresh-chəl
: originating, existing, or occurring outside the earth or its atmosphere
extraterrestrial life
: a being from another world : an extraterrestrial being
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Pamela Brill, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
All of this raises the probability that extraterrestrial life exists in the moon’s subsurface ocean.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
However, the actress is too afraid of the series' menacing extraterrestrials to watch the show alone.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
This imaginative play set comes with two extra-squishy extraterrestrial creatures that sit inside their detachable floating bases.
—Pamela Brill, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
All of this raises the probability that extraterrestrial life exists in the moon’s subsurface ocean.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
Loeb has long had a preoccupation with extraterrestrials – even co-founding the Galileo Project, a research program at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics dedicated to the search for alien life.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
However, the actress is too afraid of the series' menacing extraterrestrials to watch the show alone.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Extraterrestrial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extraterrestrial. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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