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earthbound

adjective

ˈərth-ˌbau̇nd How to pronounce earthbound (audio)
Definition of earthboundnext
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 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 Read More Williams’s comedy is rooted in a pithy, earthbound philosophy. — New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026 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 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 See All Example Sentences for earthbound
Recent Examples of Synonyms for earthbound
  1. mundane
  2. temporal
  3. terrestrial
  4. earthly
  5. physical
  6. animal
Adjective
  • Its technological perversions, unfortunately, end up quite mundane.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Red neon tubes illuminated art works ranging from the disturbing (a black-and-white photograph of a person stuffing sausages in their mouth) to the mundane (a pastoral painting of a snowshoe-wearing rifleman).
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of mundane
Adjective
  • Curiously, cobalt was linked with a small rise in amyloid-beta proteins in the inferior temporal cortex.
    — Mike McRae August 31, New Atlas, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The happy faces lit up their temporal cortex and caudate nucleus, which are parts of the brain associated with higher cognitive and reward processing.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of temporal
Adjective
  • While designers have no current use for their jump-otronic robots, the sheer amount of robotics development for terrestrial and extra-planetary exploration suggests that the photoleapers are a solution that will eventually find their problem.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2026
  • That capability is important for operations beyond Earth, where power systems cannot depend on an ambient terrestrial atmosphere.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of terrestrial
Adjective
  • In the chamber’s center, a drop of water on a chip contains the chemistry of whatever earthly era or exoplanetary site the group is trying to re-create.
    — Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
  • More importantly, the Zellner brothers platform earthly elements, like music and food, as our most essential joie de vivre.
    — Cortlyn Kelly, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of earthly
Adjective
  • In past crises, these mediators had little of their own physical infrastructure or revenue on the line.
    — Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The garments were manipulated, like glove puppets, by physical dancers who were rendered invisible by a green screen.
    — Matthew McLean, Artforum, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of physical
Adjective
  • Vegetable Oils Vegetable and seed oils are some of the richest non-animal dietary sources of CoQ10.
    — Verywell Health, Verywell Health, 16 July 2026
  • Computer models and other non-animal testing methods still aren’t the best available science, critics contend.
    — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026
Definition of animal

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“Earthbound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/earthbound. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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