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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
Details like eyelash fringing, subtle embroidery, and embossed velvet designs are an easy way to dress up a mundane sectional or lackluster white couch.
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Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 20 Jan. 2026
The combination helps renew the body, while the calming scent (a blend of essential oils, like lavender, eucalyptus, and clary sage) tends to the mind, elevating the mundane bathing experience into a spa-like treatment.
—Deanna Pai, Vogue, 19 Jan. 2026
Add into the mix consistent hand-washing, doing the dishes with harsh soaps, and something as mundane as getting gel nail polish cured with a UV light?
—Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 18 Jan. 2026
If a president can take any action so long as it can be tethered, even tenuously, to national security—including imposing trade restrictions on mundane things like beer cans and furniture—what meaningful limits remain on his power?
—Inu Manak, Time, 16 Jan. 2026
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Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 20 Jan. 2026
The combination helps renew the body, while the calming scent (a blend of essential oils, like lavender, eucalyptus, and clary sage) tends to the mind, elevating the mundane bathing experience into a spa-like treatment.
—Deanna Pai, Vogue, 19 Jan. 2026
Add into the mix consistent hand-washing, doing the dishes with harsh soaps, and something as mundane as getting gel nail polish cured with a UV light?
—Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 18 Jan. 2026
If a president can take any action so long as it can be tethered, even tenuously, to national security—including imposing trade restrictions on mundane things like beer cans and furniture—what meaningful limits remain on his power?
—Inu Manak, Time, 16 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mundane
Adjective
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Rolling vineyards, medieval hill towns and a deep food culture define this peninsula, where truffles, olive oil and wine are central to everyday life.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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What surprised him most was how often that same feeling appears in everyday life.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Jan. 2026
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In this example the information is temporal, slight, and of little broad use.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 Jan. 2026
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It’s shaped around facial proportions, temporal corners, and the way hair naturally grows.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
20 Jan. 2026
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Unlike terrestrial settings, space missions expose machines to vacuum conditions, microgravity, extreme temperature swings, and high levels of radiation, pushing robotic systems far beyond conventional operating limits, reports CNEVPost.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Jan. 2026
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These are great for aerial, maritime, underwater and some terrestrial applications, and are maturing in terms of SWaP (Size, Weight and Power), cost and platform noise mitigation.—
Sabbir Rangwala,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Possession of a Starlink terminal now carries the threat of a prison sentence, and there have been reports of a physical crackdown on homes and rooftops where satellite receivers have been spotted.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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Anything that would jeopardize an active federal investigation, and finally, anything that depicts or contain images of death, physical abuse or injury also not produced.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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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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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
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Other earthly assets are protected in other ways.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
20 Jan. 2026
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Cohen-Solal’s Picasso was a worldly figure navigating a world of oftentimes cruel nationalism.—
Gabrielle Bellot,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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On a more worldly front, your pursuit of success should continue to succeed.—
Magi Helena,
Dallas Morning News,
31 Jan. 2026
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In November 2025, a jury found Taylor and Brothwell guilty of two felony counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances and two felony counts of child abuse under circumstances or conditions likely to cause great bodily injury or death.—
Chelsea Hylton,
CBS News,
2 Feb. 2026
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Salazarmontano also admitted sentencing enhancements for fleeing the scene of a vehicular manslaughter and inflicting great bodily injury on the victim.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Mundane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mundane. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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