1
as in terrestrial
having to do with life on earth especially as opposed to that in heaven
turned away from earthborn concerns during the High Holidays
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2
as in human
relating to or characteristic of human beings
he claims to be above such earthborn concerns as material comfort
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for earthborn
Adjective
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Most of the time, the creature is invisible, only given away by roars or its footprints in the soil of this extra-terrestrial world.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
31 Mar. 2026 -
Based on Mathieu Mategot's original 1953 design, the Satellite pendant has, as its name would suggest, a terrestrial presence.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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No human journalist was harmed in this experiment.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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How do these remarks square with Brooks’s fondness for compressing expansive human goods into orderly formulas?—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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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
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Traditional microscopy methods often lack either the spatial or temporal resolution needed to capture such phenomena.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Jason Bateman delivers the mundane analogy like a pro, blending sincerity and uncertainty inside his singular, nervous vocal rhythms.—
Andy Andersen,
Vulture,
30 Mar. 2026
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Spring window washing sounds mundane.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Kansas City Star,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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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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In Oman, as across the Gulf, a top-tier camel is less animal than asset class: meticulously pedigreed, obsessively trained, and paraded before judges who score on everything from ear set to gait.—
Tanya Akim,
Forbes.com,
25 Feb. 2026
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Physica described the healing properties of plants, animal substances, and earthly elements.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
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Between exorcisms and moments of daily life, a universe is revealed where a complex balance exists between the magical and the earthly.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Roberts has heard a lot from his Gen-Z staff that 2026 is the analog year, meaning people are staying off their phones more, getting rid of social media and seeking out more physical media.—
Joseph Hernandez
March 28,
Kansas City Star,
28 Mar. 2026
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Most of the incidents had not resulted in physical injuries; in some cases, prosecutors charged people for assaulting agents with such weapons as a tambourine, an umbrella, and a Subway sandwich.—
Oriana van Praag,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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Even the runways were earthbound, with moss bearing the strutting weight of models at Hermès and Miu Miu—the latter of which had someone assigned to patching the areas guests stepped on.—
Kevin Huynh,
InStyle,
12 Mar. 2026
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If the demand for AI continues to grow, earthbound data centers—and power supplies—may not be able to keep up.—
Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Earthborn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/earthborn. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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