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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
Even the more utilitarian and mundane areas of the home include unexpected conveniences and luxuries.
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 12 Oct. 2025
The pair bicker and bond their way through the whimsical Panda Kingdom, a vibrant world that blends the everyday with the extraordinary, carrying animals and humans alike into something at once magical and mundane.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
The film highlights mundane details of camaraderie behind the scenes of every fight, emphasizing the bonds between the fighters, who would often root for one another after their bouts were over.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
Stuck here on the planet’s surface, our mundane perspective is rarely challenged, so seeing both our world and its lone natural satellite side by side is a rare gift, a jolt to our cosmic complacence.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2025
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Tori Latham, Robb Report, 12 Oct. 2025
The pair bicker and bond their way through the whimsical Panda Kingdom, a vibrant world that blends the everyday with the extraordinary, carrying animals and humans alike into something at once magical and mundane.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
The film highlights mundane details of camaraderie behind the scenes of every fight, emphasizing the bonds between the fighters, who would often root for one another after their bouts were over.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
Stuck here on the planet’s surface, our mundane perspective is rarely challenged, so seeing both our world and its lone natural satellite side by side is a rare gift, a jolt to our cosmic complacence.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mundane
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The innovation is part of a growing effort to merge menstrual care with wearable health technology, turning everyday products into tools for early disease detection and better reproductive health monitoring.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Oct. 2025
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Keep everyday items out of sight with cabinets, drawers, and more—all on sale now.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Oct. 2025
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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
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Unistellar plans to have over 1 million terrestrial points of interest added to its database, with Envision including real-time altitude, distance and azimuth data into the display.—
Tariq Malik,
Space.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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He was instantly hooked by Channel 4’s weekly NFL coverage following the terrestrial channel’s launch in 1982.—
Peter Carline,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Ethernet uses a physical cable that connects your computer directly to the router.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
12 Oct. 2025
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Despite its name, the condition, which has yet to be formally recognized, is often also paired with emotional, cognitive and physical dysfunction.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 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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In early Christian thinking, its connotations of languor and listlessness, within the spirit no less than the body, lent it the status of a sin—a turning aside from God for the sake of earthly sorrow.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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Ordinary matter makes up everything from the cosmic (planets and stars) to the earthly (people and trees).—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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Sanchez is facing a level 5 felony battery resulting in serious bodily injury charge and three misdemeanor charges, battery resulting in injury, public intoxication, and unlawful entry of a motor vehicle.—
Noe Padilla,
IndyStar,
12 Oct. 2025
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The rhythms of the menstrual cycle often reflect balance in other bodily systems and functions.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Moncrieff was the opposite, old-worldly, not of this time.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025
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Parked nearby is a grocery cart filled with his worldly processions.—
Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Mundane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mundane. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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