as in temporal
having to do with life on earth especially as opposed to that in heaven
a sermon against our obsession with earthly pursuits
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Recent Examples of earthly
Let his final earthly words be a prod to the consciences of our leaders and all mankind.
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Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
Their parents have long since left this earthly plane.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2025
The lower the figure of magnitude, the brighter the star and Sirius is one of only four stars seen from our earthly perspective with a negative magnitude (-1.45).
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Following a ceremony, the body is dressed in a white cassock – a long robe with 33 buttons, one for each year of the earthly life of Jesus.
—George Petras, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
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Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
Their parents have long since left this earthly plane.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2025
The lower the figure of magnitude, the brighter the star and Sirius is one of only four stars seen from our earthly perspective with a negative magnitude (-1.45).
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Following a ceremony, the body is dressed in a white cassock – a long robe with 33 buttons, one for each year of the earthly life of Jesus.
—George Petras, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for earthly
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The people who had higher negativity bias were found to have reduced blood flow in the frontal, temporal and parietal lobes — regions critical for decision-making, memory and emotional regulation, according to Amen.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
12 June 2025
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Stories offer a generosity of space—temporal, emotional, political—that real-time clinical work does not.—
Danielle Ofri,
New Yorker,
7 June 2025
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The house contorted even more, and once dinner was done, collecting laundry had become less mundane and more treacherous as violent, red flowers bloomed inside the home.—
Zackery Cuevas,
PC Magazine,
8 June 2025
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Smart home systems that learn family patterns could create more opportunities for connection by managing mundane tasks and scheduling quality time.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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This model reshapes terrestrial manufacturing, enabling real-time diagnostics, predictive maintenance and rapid iteration.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2025
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But SpaceX has also had to build large ground stations around the world, known as gateways, to pipe data into space from the terrestrial Internet.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
11 June 2025
Adjective
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When calories are too restricted or not enough nutrients are being provided by a diet, there could be an interruption in physical processes that could lead to fatigue, sleep problems and difficulty concentrating, Keeler added.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
3 June 2025
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There isn’t any physical, material world in crypto.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
3 June 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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Djuna Bostick, 59, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and negligent child abuse by a willful act or omission causing serious bodily injury, according to the Hamlet Police Department.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Charlotte Observer,
12 June 2025
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Dale was charged with official oppression, a Class A misdemeanor, and Bean was charged with official oppression and injury to a child with intentional bodily injury, a third-degree felony.—
Samara Gerstle,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 June 2025
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“Earthly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/earthly. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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