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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
What looked like ideological bias was, more often, temporal lag.
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Charles Edward Gehrke, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
Again and again, Tennyson fills his beautifully wrought poems with enormous, unfathomable depths—sometimes cosmic, sometimes temporal, sometimes psychological, often oceanic.
—Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
In this example the information is temporal, slight, and of little broad use.
—New Atlas, 23 Jan. 2026
It’s shaped around facial proportions, temporal corners, and the way hair naturally grows.
—Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
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Charles Edward Gehrke, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
Again and again, Tennyson fills his beautifully wrought poems with enormous, unfathomable depths—sometimes cosmic, sometimes temporal, sometimes psychological, often oceanic.
—Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
In this example the information is temporal, slight, and of little broad use.
—New Atlas, 23 Jan. 2026
It’s shaped around facial proportions, temporal corners, and the way hair naturally grows.
—Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for temporal
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Take a break from mundane tasks and escape into your own world, where you will not be bothered.—
Lisa Stardust,
Vogue,
2 Mar. 2026
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Wesley is a comedian, podcaster, and writer known for her unique ability to explore the intersection of the macabre and the mundane.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
2 Mar. 2026
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Purim, a holiday beloved by both religious and secular Jews, takes place in most of the Jewish world starting on Monday night.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Mar. 2026
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Each has pushed to new multi-year highs, reinforcing that leadership within the energy sector remains intact and that the cyclical and secular uptrends are in force.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
2 Mar. 2026
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And finally, externally, impacts from objects passing through our inner Solar System could wipe all of humanity out, just as so much terrestrial life was eradicated 65 million years ago.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
4 Mar. 2026
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The natural glass is known as a tektite, which occurs after terrestrial rocks are melted when meteorites, comets, or asteroids slam into the surface of our planet, according to Encyclopedia Britannica.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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Due to its technical depth and flexibility across reactor types, the system captures physical changes such as density shifts, material aging, dimensional changes, and isotopic or chemical variations.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Feb. 2026
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Quality sleep is essential to physical health, mental clarity, and daily performance—yet the mattress, the foundation of good sleep, is often overlooked.—
Ethan M. Stone,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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But a battlefield promotion to Ayatollah was arranged, blending faith with politics in an exercise that critics said sullied both even before Khamenei reinforced his position by earthly means, elevating the IRGC.—
Karl Vick,
Time,
28 Feb. 2026
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The monkey and the lion have become Chinese emperors, Buddha’s earthly servants.—
Andrew Norman Wilson,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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That means Waymo will be required to file reports to the PUC detailing any crashes involving bodily injury and more than $5,000 in property damage within 30 days, Castle said.—
Bruce Finley,
Denver Post,
3 Mar. 2026
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What Magnesium Does in the Body Magnesium is an essential mineral that plays a crucial role in over 300 different bodily reactions.—
Jessica Swirble,
Verywell Health,
3 Mar. 2026
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When Hamnet dies, Agnes lets out a sound of pure grief and rage and horror that is almost animal.—
Antonia Blyth,
Deadline,
16 Feb. 2026
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And much like the fictional sport’s real-world counterpart, in this all-animal cinematic universe, roarball is the ultimate culture-definer.—
Payton Turkeltaub,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Temporal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temporal. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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