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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 forty-three-year gap between provocation and retaliation is a void between cause and effect into which all temporal logic vanishes.
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Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 9 Apr. 2026
In the Paris Club, a similar power differential is reflected in the spatial and temporal arrangement of the procedures, which borders on the theatrical.
—Sven Van Mourik, The Dial, 31 Mar. 2026
Traditional microscopy methods often lack either the spatial or temporal resolution needed to capture such phenomena.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Mar. 2026
Asking whether symptoms change with the menstrual cycle introduces a temporal framework that can reorient evaluation.
—Sarah Berg, STAT, 26 Mar. 2026
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Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 9 Apr. 2026
In the Paris Club, a similar power differential is reflected in the spatial and temporal arrangement of the procedures, which borders on the theatrical.
—Sven Van Mourik, The Dial, 31 Mar. 2026
Traditional microscopy methods often lack either the spatial or temporal resolution needed to capture such phenomena.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Mar. 2026
Asking whether symptoms change with the menstrual cycle introduces a temporal framework that can reorient evaluation.
—Sarah Berg, STAT, 26 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for temporal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for temporal
Adjective
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Bowman, for his part, said his reasoning for bringing the pole up for discussion was much more mundane than some were suggesting.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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But there was a time when the title character of Jean-Pierre Jeunet's film, Amélie, was expected to sport a far more mundane 'do.—
Adèle Bari,
Vanity Fair,
26 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Historians deal in secular truths.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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These fundamentals position it well for defensiveness and secular growth, even if broader equity returns compress.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
4 May 2026
Adjective
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An observer on Jupiter, five times as far away as the Earth is from the Sun, sees the Sun as just one-twenty-fifth as bright as a terrestrial observer would, while an observer on Neptune, thirty times as distant as on Earth, sees the Sun to be just one-nine-hundredth as bright.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
1 May 2026
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Fruiting bodies of these terrestrial mushrooms are found in forests, parks, and plantations in late summer and autumn.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
1 May 2026
Adjective
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In the face of shooting and shooting-up deaths, if permanent gates — which are, after all, only a physical manifestation of the existing curfew — will deter mischief and malfeasance post-midnight, then my vote is to lock it up.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
8 May 2026
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This may well be true, according to BNP Paribas Asset Management portfolio manager Sophie Huynh, but physical constraints could pose a bigger problem to profits than the cycle itself.—
Joseph Wilkins,
CNBC,
8 May 2026
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As the visionary figure, Bambaataa brought the sampling ethos to the music as well as an Afrocentric philosophy, a way of living unbounded by the earthly confines of whatever America had been or would become.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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That’s to say, there’s earthly authority and there’s heavenly authority.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Given who holds power in Washington, the key is to focus rhetoric less on the big vision of global sustainability than on the simple defense of personal bodily health, including especially the health of kids.—
Justin Zorn,
STAT,
28 Apr. 2026
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The prions are spread between animals through bodily fluids, including saliva, blood, urine and feces, and can occur through direct contact or indirectly through contamination of soil, food or water.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 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 9 May. 2026.
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