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
Between them stretches the long expanse of the table—a zone of tension, where the celestial mission of knowledge collides with the earthly reality of budgets.
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Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2025
The bottom tier represents the earthly world and the physical offerings to nourish the spirits during their journey.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Our children and grandchildren might not want our earthly treasures.
—Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
This means the earthly remains of the beloved saint will bring thousands of visitors to honor the saint's life of virtue and ask for her prayers.
—Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2025
The bottom tier represents the earthly world and the physical offerings to nourish the spirits during their journey.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Our children and grandchildren might not want our earthly treasures.
—Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
This means the earthly remains of the beloved saint will bring thousands of visitors to honor the saint's life of virtue and ask for her prayers.
—Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for earthly
Adjective
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This temporal displacement frees Pynchon to offer sidelong commentary on contemporary politics without getting trapped in the flux of the present or being too on the nose.—
Jack Denton,
Vulture,
6 Oct. 2025
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To practice ‘future temporal focused’ networking, create a timetable and ask yourself key questions.—
Sarah Maokosy,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Many are multipurpose, mundane items that can be used on the body and even in your diet.—
Essence,
Essence,
21 Oct. 2025
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Let’s go outside the mundane and what people know us as every day.—
Jack Irvin,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Having exhausted our terrestrial destination, humanity is now reaching for extraterrestrial ones.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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Instead of running physical cables that connect your home or RV to the greater internet, Starlink uses a series of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites that communicate between your home dish and a terrestrial gateway somewhere else on Earth.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In a world where fake medical implants, counterfeit microchips, and cloned devices can threaten lives, money, and security, proving that a physical object is truly genuine is a major challenge.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Oct. 2025
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The onslaught has also reduced churches and town halls across northeastern Ukraine to rubble, and with them, much of the physical and mental infrastructure of life for the country’s youth.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Not quite plant, not quite animal; delicious and wild and rare.—
Callie Sumlin,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
15 Oct. 2025
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Perhaps unsurprisingly, dogs were more likely to respond to animal stimuli than to non-animal stimuli.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 July 2025
Adjective
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Sara and Brian were arrested and charged with child neglect without great bodily harm, according to the WCSO.—
Raven Brunner,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
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The unidentified 14-year-old student was charged with assault and battery causing serious bodily injury and arraigned Thursday in Fall River Juvenile Court.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Earthly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/earthly. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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