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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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 -
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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Such a shift in public opinion required storytelling and a human connection.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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Brian Eckenrode, a retired FBI forensic scientist and expert in human decomposition, joined them in 2021.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
Adjective
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The first is their temporal nature—they are specifically designed for live and unfolding events, and their modality reflects this liveness.—
Daniel Jackson,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
27 Apr. 2026
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Her formidable, untitled 2026 sphinx regally commands its space among ancient Egyptian and Roman sculpture, a marvel of the cross-temporal and cross-spatial, spiked with specific references to Black self-determination.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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The bacteria that causes meningitis can spread through seemingly mundane activities like living in close quarters, sharing utensils or drinks, sneezing, coughing and kissing.—
Sam Woodward,
USA Today,
9 May 2026
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This list compiles some of the odd jobs and mundane occupations of famous scribes.—
René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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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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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
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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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Read More Williams’s comedy is rooted in a pithy, earthbound philosophy.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 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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“Earthborn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/earthborn. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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