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as in everyday
having to do with the practical details of regular life
they didn't want to be bothered with mundane concerns like doing the dishes while on vacation
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as in temporal
having to do with life on earth especially as opposed to that in heaven
a period for reflection and penitence, when spiritual concerns should take precedence over those that are mundane
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Recent Examples of mundane
The Declaration mandates no particular American foreign policy, but the values the document embodies have always informed it, even as American statesmen have struggled to reconcile the country’s many mundane interests with the principles that gave it birth.
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Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
Through the striking comparison of yesterday’s expectations and the mundane reality of those who were born and raised in the shadow of a phantom project, Rosario Minervini performs a dissection of clinical precision of the delays that have weighed down Italy’s collective psyche over time.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2026
Vonn posted a video on Friday night, in a hospital gown with monitors on her chest and the beeps and whirs from her room serving as a sort of mundane soundtrack.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 15 Feb. 2026
Through this lens, Slater’s downfall at DOJ is less an ideological thumping than a mundane drama of personality and personnel fights.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 14 Feb. 2026
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Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
Through the striking comparison of yesterday’s expectations and the mundane reality of those who were born and raised in the shadow of a phantom project, Rosario Minervini performs a dissection of clinical precision of the delays that have weighed down Italy’s collective psyche over time.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2026
Vonn posted a video on Friday night, in a hospital gown with monitors on her chest and the beeps and whirs from her room serving as a sort of mundane soundtrack.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 15 Feb. 2026
Through this lens, Slater’s downfall at DOJ is less an ideological thumping than a mundane drama of personality and personnel fights.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 14 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mundane
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When the Computer Guy approaches, his targets, everyday Chicagoans, adopt the same expression, a sort of Do-Not-Engage-This-Crazy-Person blank stare with a pinch of Wait-This-Isn’t-the-Usual-Crazy-Person curiosity.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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The new readable book charms invite a new generation to carry the stories that define them, not just on their shelves but into their everyday lives.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
25 Feb. 2026
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For the launch colorway, a vivid graphic may initially bring to mind heat maps with its application of blue, green, yellow and red — but the choice was actually made to invoke a temporal fold, a theoretical concept of bending spacetime to move faster than the speed of light.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
13 Feb. 2026
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This temporal displacement has consequences.—
Michael Paarlberg,
The Conversation,
12 Feb. 2026
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At the time of their firing, Joslin worked as a career seasonal employee, specifically handling Yosemite's bat program and terrestrial wildlife data for all park research projects.—
Noe Padilla,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
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The terms in which an awabi dreams are not for terrestrial primates to understand.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
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Until now, the physical mechanism behind that transport had not been confirmed.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Feb. 2026
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According to Ruby, seven of the 20 or so churches in G92, a Christian immigrant advocacy coalition in the city, are ready to offer physical sanctuary, though many are avoiding publicity for fear of harassment.—
Caitlin Hu,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 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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The monkey and the lion have become Chinese emperors, Buddha’s earthly servants.—
Andrew Norman Wilson,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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Itsstark, alien landscape — with striking production design by the legendary Yoshirô Muraki (Ran, Kagemusha, Throne of Blood) — doesn’t feel earthly in any way, shape, or form.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
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These worldly performers are a study in balancing traditions.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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Hindu seekers retreat to ashrams, Muslims seclude themselves in mosques away from worldly distractions during Ramadan to practice I'tikaf, and Jews break from work and technology every week on shabbat.—
Hannah Towey,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Feb. 2026
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No one being trafficked is operating of their own bodily autonomy.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
24 Feb. 2026
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According to jail records, Jenkins is charged with first-degree murder, assault causing bodily injury to a family member and an out-of-county felony hold.—
Dante Motley,
Austin American Statesman,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Mundane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mundane. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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