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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 characters act almost as portals, allowing Tsushima to create a temporal palimpsest, layering different points, one upon the next.
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Katie Kitamura, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
The point is to slow the pace so each day is something more than a temporal framework for a never-ending list of tasks.
—Guy Trebay, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2025
The clocks exist for more than just tidy temporal bookkeeping.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 July 2025
The film makes the prisoners’ civil-rights violations explicit as these vulnerable characters are dropped into legal and temporal limbo and are denied the right of due process, an ongoing conversation in light of recent deportations.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 11 July 2025
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Katie Kitamura, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
The point is to slow the pace so each day is something more than a temporal framework for a never-ending list of tasks.
—Guy Trebay, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2025
The clocks exist for more than just tidy temporal bookkeeping.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 July 2025
The film makes the prisoners’ civil-rights violations explicit as these vulnerable characters are dropped into legal and temporal limbo and are denied the right of due process, an ongoing conversation in light of recent deportations.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for temporal
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Other leaders showcased internal agent use cases that the company says will more efficiently accomplish mundane and repetitive tasks for store workers, corporate staff, Walmart software engineers, and brands and other companies that sell through Walmart’s physical and digital storefronts.—
Jason Del Rey,
Fortune,
24 July 2025
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Eddington introduces its protagonist in much more mundane fashion, however.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
23 July 2025
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The secular shift is evident in the slope of the monthly cloud model, which points higher looking out to mid-2027.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
28 July 2025
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The operating environment remains challenging for all ad sellers, particularly legacy companies coping with the secular decline of linear TV.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
22 July 2025
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The airship will carry the same type of base station used in terrestrial cell towers (called 4G eNodeB/5G gNodeB), which will comply with global broadband standards, as overseen by the Third Generation Partnership Project, or 3GPP.—
Maurizio Arseni,
IEEE Spectrum,
31 July 2025
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Without dominance in orbit, terrestrial forces would be deaf, blind, and largely immobile.—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
28 July 2025
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Need to know: Disappearance of Neanderthals Neanderthals inhabited Europe and Asia beginning about 400,000 years ago—but by roughly 40,000 years ago, physical evidence of them vanishes from the archaeological record.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 July 2025
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Regular physical activity can decrease LDL cholesterol levels.—
Lindsey DeSoto,
Verywell Health,
21 July 2025
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The values of Superman’s earthly home extend to his heroics on an international stage.—
Samantha Baskind,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 July 2025
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With this caution in mind, what were St. Augustine’s views regarding earthly policy?—
Alejandro Antonio Chafuen,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Slaughter is facing 14 charges, including vehicular homicide, leaving the scene of a crash causing serious bodily injury and driving while licenses revoked, according to court documents.—
Luke Chinman,
People.com,
31 July 2025
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However, interest and punitive damages are always taxable, even in wrongful death or serious bodily injury cases.—
Robert W. Wood,
Forbes.com,
28 July 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
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“Temporal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temporal. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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