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as in everyday
having to do with the practical details of regular life
they didn't want to be bothered with mundane concerns like doing the dishes while on vacation
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as in temporal
having to do with life on earth especially as opposed to that in heaven
a period for reflection and penitence, when spiritual concerns should take precedence over those that are mundane
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Recent Examples of mundane
Across the country, raucous protests at ICE facilities, aggressive tactics by masked agents in the field and heated political rhetoric on both sides have become a dangerous new backdrop to what for years had been the quiet, mundane work of immigration enforcement.
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Rick Jervis, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
His other goal in his preceding 24 appearances — stabbed in from close range from a corner in another 6-0 Carabao Cup win, this time at Oxford United in round two — was mundane by comparison.
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
The reason, according to people familiar with the situation, is more mundane—the Yankees play at home on Wednesday, and though MLS schedule-makers knew that in advance, this was the best date to have Inter Miami travel to play NYCFC.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Big companies invest in big changes but are often slow to notice the mundane, systemic inefficiencies a curious outsider can quickly map.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
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Rick Jervis, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
His other goal in his preceding 24 appearances — stabbed in from close range from a corner in another 6-0 Carabao Cup win, this time at Oxford United in round two — was mundane by comparison.
—Andy Naylor, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
The reason, according to people familiar with the situation, is more mundane—the Yankees play at home on Wednesday, and though MLS schedule-makers knew that in advance, this was the best date to have Inter Miami travel to play NYCFC.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Big companies invest in big changes but are often slow to notice the mundane, systemic inefficiencies a curious outsider can quickly map.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mundane
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Cosmedica’s advantage is its process aimed at achieving a soft, age-appropriate, and natural-looking hairline that blends into everyday life.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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The bottom line is that societal views on motherhood and family have real implications for everyday people — especially mothers with similar circumstances but less money than Cardi B.—
Meagan Jordan,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 2025
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This temporal blurring between past and present is echoed in the structure of the installation itself, which creates a kind of time loop between the two films, shuttling the viewer between the immediate danger of the war’s outbreak and the lingering trauma of its memory.—
Joanna Warsza,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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Las acciones de Google son especialmente insensibles y graves ante el cierre administrativo temporal del gobierno (shutdown), ignorando las peticiones de funcionarios gubernamentales y organizaciones hispanas que les solicitaron mantener la programación de Univision en el paquete principal.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
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Other researchers took a look at the data and found that inorganic processes or terrestrial contamination could replicate all the evidence from the meteorite.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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For the past 60+ years, the name NASA has been synonymous with humanity’s vision to dream about horizons far beyond the bounds of our terrestrial worries.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
1 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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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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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
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Scholars intuited a link between the celestial and earthly multitudes.—
Greg Grandin
September 23,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Her erotica revels in bodily fluids.—
Judith Thurman,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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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
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Parked nearby is a grocery cart filled with his worldly processions.—
Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
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Cecile is worldly and has seen her share of sorrow, while Fanny has been cloistered in this elaborate old castle under the watchful eye of an over-protective mother and eccentric grandmother.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Mundane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mundane. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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