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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
Cognition and sensorimotor functions emerged from the evolutionary pressures of an unpredictable earthly environment.
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Rachel Barr, Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
For reasons still not wholly understood, these ultradense objects—each about the mass of our star squeezed into a bizarre, city-sized ball of degenerate quantum matter—undergo starquakes in which the material on the surface shifts a bit like in an earthly tremor.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 22 Jan. 2026
The problem is that residual radio signals from this epoch are very faint and easily drowned out by closer noise—in particular, our earthly communications networks, power grids, radar, and so forth.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Jan. 2026
Though good art work is spiritual maintenance, Molly Odintz reminds us this week to maintain our earthly vessels.
—Literary Hub, 16 Jan. 2026
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Rachel Barr, Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
For reasons still not wholly understood, these ultradense objects—each about the mass of our star squeezed into a bizarre, city-sized ball of degenerate quantum matter—undergo starquakes in which the material on the surface shifts a bit like in an earthly tremor.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 22 Jan. 2026
The problem is that residual radio signals from this epoch are very faint and easily drowned out by closer noise—in particular, our earthly communications networks, power grids, radar, and so forth.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Jan. 2026
Though good art work is spiritual maintenance, Molly Odintz reminds us this week to maintain our earthly vessels.
—Literary Hub, 16 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for earthly
Adjective
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When choosing trees for year-long interest, consider both long-term and temporal sources of color and texture, and think about how these combine with other elements.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
3 Mar. 2026
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The linocut medium itself performs this temporal multiplicity.—
Anel Rakhimzhanova,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Take a break from mundane tasks and escape into your own world, where you will not be bothered.—
Lisa Stardust,
Vogue,
2 Mar. 2026
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Wesley is a comedian, podcaster, and writer known for her unique ability to explore the intersection of the macabre and the mundane.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
2 Mar. 2026
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And finally, externally, impacts from objects passing through our inner Solar System could wipe all of humanity out, just as so much terrestrial life was eradicated 65 million years ago.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
4 Mar. 2026
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The natural glass is known as a tektite, which occurs after terrestrial rocks are melted when meteorites, comets, or asteroids slam into the surface of our planet, according to Encyclopedia Britannica.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
3 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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LaMelo Ball bodying up Noticing a more physical nature from LaMelo Ball this season?—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Mar. 2026
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Understanding the faces of early human ancestors is of interest to researchers because their features represent a connection between hominins and their physical and social surroundings, Beaudet said.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
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When Hamnet dies, Agnes lets out a sound of pure grief and rage and horror that is almost animal.—
Antonia Blyth,
Deadline,
16 Feb. 2026
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And much like the fictional sport’s real-world counterpart, in this all-animal cinematic universe, roarball is the ultimate culture-definer.—
Payton Turkeltaub,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Earthly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/earthly. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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