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
Saitama Prefecture, Japan August is great for: an earthbound alternative to the Milky Way.
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Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 26 May 2025
Katy Perry brought a few earthbound things with her during her 10-minute trip to outer space.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 Apr. 2025
Other previewing productions made fine box office showings, if more earthbound than the starry mega-grossers.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2025
Even earthbound humans could benefit.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 26 May 2025
Katy Perry brought a few earthbound things with her during her 10-minute trip to outer space.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 Apr. 2025
Other previewing productions made fine box office showings, if more earthbound than the starry mega-grossers.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2025
Even earthbound humans could benefit.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for earthbound
Adjective
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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
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
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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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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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 16 Sep. 2025.
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