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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Adjective
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Meanwhile, Sarv Dharavane, who is a three-time bee veteran, took third place after misspelling the tropical African terrestrial orchid, disa, according to CNN.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026 -
The channel can be freely accessed by terrestrial, cable, satellite, and digital television.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
Adjective
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The human body isn’t designed for routine twelve-hour-long shifts, whether sitting or standing.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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Though there are still many unknowns regarding the full effect of ayahuasca on the human experience, if my own is any indication, the mental and emotional gates this plant can open seem promising.—
Michaela Trimble,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
Adjective
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These areas included the prefrontal cortex, cingulate cortex, parietal and temporal cortices, and the amygdala, which are involved in pain processing, emotional regulation, and cognition.—
Stephanie Anderson Witmer,
Health,
2 June 2026
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His head sustained a small temporal fracture and a small brain bleed.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
23 May 2026
Adjective
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Chiwetel Ejiofor plays an embittered furniture store owner who discovers a passage into the mundane alt-space, eventually drawing two young employees and his therapist, played by fellow Oscar nominee Renate Reinsve, into also braving its potential dangers.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
8 June 2026
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The film is the first in a series of shorts planned by Sophie Meloni, exploring adolescence through seemingly mundane events.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
8 June 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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In Muslim belief, whoever holds a fragment is holding something that connects the earthly world with the divine.—
Iqbal Akhtar,
The Conversation,
25 May 2026
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What feels like sci-fi resolves into a Realist worker portrait as a technological fantasy of efficiency chafes against the fleshy, earthly physical world.—
Emily Watlington,
ARTnews.com,
24 May 2026
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At the time, detectives collected and preserved physical evidence but were unable to narrow down a suspect.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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As for agentic commerce, in Jain’s framing, only Google, Anthropic, and Bilt have the breadth of demand-side merchant integrations to power AI commerce in the physical world.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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Superhero movies, once a Teflon genre, have become worryingly earthbound at the box office.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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Both Anduril and Isomorphic are deeply technical companies that have risen at a time when advances in AI have not only rendered the impossible possible, but made moonshots seem earthbound.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
13 May 2026
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“Earthborn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/earthborn. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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