1
as in mundane
having to do with life on earth especially as opposed to that in heaven
the preacher warned that those who were interested only in carnal pursuits would not see the kingdom of heaven
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2
as in physical
of or relating to the human body
a missionary who tends to the carnal needs of the people as well as to their spiritual concerns
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3
as in sensual
pleasing to the physical senses
carnal attractions of that gambling mecca in the desert
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Recent Examples of carnal
But the texting and blocking, the free-for-all backwaters of the internet and the carnal shenanigans that color contemporary TV teendom do put a different complexion on growing up.
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
Miranda, specifically, is in the middle of a three-month break from carnal knowledge.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Modern filmmaking gets no better than Hernández’s balance of carnal and mundane conduct — Marco and Orlando’s physical yearning matches their career ambitions.
—Armond White, National Review, 25 Apr. 2025
Translating carnal attraction, magnetism, and deepening desire, Ropion says the fragrance is ripe with a flower that refuses to go unnoticed: tuberose.
—Essence, 24 Apr. 2025
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
Miranda, specifically, is in the middle of a three-month break from carnal knowledge.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Modern filmmaking gets no better than Hernández’s balance of carnal and mundane conduct — Marco and Orlando’s physical yearning matches their career ambitions.
—Armond White, National Review, 25 Apr. 2025
Translating carnal attraction, magnetism, and deepening desire, Ropion says the fragrance is ripe with a flower that refuses to go unnoticed: tuberose.
—Essence, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carnal
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These accents are often what will take an outfit from mundane to a look worth mimicking.—
Samantha Solomon,
Vogue,
10 Sep. 2025
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Other more mundane explanations of disappearances include weather, such as rogue waves, human error and more.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Farrell was a heavy favorite due to his complete physical transformation in The Penguin, becoming barely recognizable to play villainous Oswald.—
Toni Fitzgerald,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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With a mix of humor and introspection, Turturro’s speech reflected on his experiences taking care of his late brother with mental challenges and physical illness.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
14 Sep. 2025
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The look’s holistic effect contrasted sensual styling on the top, with streamlined suited inspiration with the pants.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
9 Sep. 2025
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In between times, there are long shots of the gingko, tree’s-eye views of what is happening on the ground and squelching closeups of germinating seeds – luscious and inescapably sensual.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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Grey’s son, Loren Grey, restored his father’s original ending in the novel’s 1982 Pocket Books reprint, but the vanishing mythos remains intact, with the last of the tribe wistfully following Curtis’s Navajo into the temporal graveyard of the past.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Psychologists call this a temporal landmark, a point in time like a birthday or seasonal shift that can spark motivation to take on new challenges.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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The virus, which is spread by bodily fluids, is endemic in animal populations in Central and West Africa, and there are periodic outbreaks.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Chernyak, who came to the US last August, was arrested in January and charged with battery with bodily harm over what his common-law wife Oksana Tarasiuk told CNN was a misunderstanding exacerbated by a language barrier with police officers.—
Isabelle Chapman,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Yet until the samples can be studied in terrestrial labs, their significance remains uncertain.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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Forests, the largest terrestrial carbon sinks in the world, are part of the solution.—
Ryan Gellert,
Time,
9 Sep. 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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As geologists were realizing that earthly timescales were vast, astronomers began to discover that the same applied to the distances of the cosmos.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Sep. 2025
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It was once widely believed throughout Europe that stars produced an ethereal fluid that somehow influenced earthly affairs.—
Martha Barnette
August 6,
Literary Hub,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Carnal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carnal. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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