as in mundane
having to do with life on earth especially as opposed to that in heaven
we have too many earthbound worries to speculate on the number of angels who can dance on the head of a pin
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Recent Examples of earthbound
Other previewing productions made fine box office showings, if more earthbound than the starry mega-grossers.
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2025
The opera is too domesticated, earthbound, and companionable to convey that extreme bleakness.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
Even earthbound humans could benefit.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Midas Man gently weeps for Epstein, and rightly so, but leaves his story largely earthbound.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2025
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2025
The opera is too domesticated, earthbound, and companionable to convey that extreme bleakness.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
Even earthbound humans could benefit.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Midas Man gently weeps for Epstein, and rightly so, but leaves his story largely earthbound.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for earthbound
Adjective
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His real talent seemed to be inferring some of the more mundane details of my life.—
Webb Wright,
Scientific American,
18 Aug. 2025
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Many people worry that AI will one day overthrow and destroy us, but many more worry about the mundane eventualities of ongoing AI integration.—
Christian Perry,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The researchers used data from a suite of four NASA satellites to analyze changes in terrestrial water storage over the past 22 years.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
25 July 2025
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The Underground Carbon Crisis Mycorrhizal fungi form vast underground networks that connect and sustain over 90% of all terrestrial plant species, channelling nutrients, supporting food systems, biodiversity, and ecosystem resilience.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
Adjective
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Drifting between moving-image formats and collaging local textures and bygone voices, Oscar Ruiz Navia’s film reflects on loss and mourning as experiences of temporal dislocation.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
7 Aug. 2025
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Without temporal intelligence, scale becomes noise.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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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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Because his reality emerges from fiction, Musk is untethered from any sense of earthly constraints.—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
28 July 2025
Adjective
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The patient’s physical condition eventually normalized and his psychotic symptoms subsided during his three-week hospital stint.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
14 Aug. 2025
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The new species was identified by its scale pattern, skeleton, jaws, body proportions and other subtle physical features, the study said.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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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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“Earthbound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/earthbound. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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