nontemporal

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Recent Examples of nontemporal Where Reasons End is set in a nontemporal, nonphysical place. Eve Bowen, The New York Review of Books, 5 Mar. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nontemporal
Adjective
  • Best places to view celestial events in Wisconsin The best conditions to see the night sky will be with clear skies without clouds or haze.
    Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 3 Nov. 2025
  • But prior to the moon landing itself, NASA will send a crew of four Artemis 2 astronauts in 2026 on a 10-day mission circling our celestial neighbor.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Beverly, a waitress who had another daughter and then a son in the two years after Smith was born (and eventually one more daughter), had little time for her eldest’s metaphysical ponderings.
    Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The film follows a young couple (Qualley and Starkey), who inherit a farm in rural Arkansas and must conquer the demons, both physical and metaphysical, that haunt its legacy.
    Justin Kroll, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The motions of the stars also exhibited a similar 24 hour period, as though the heavenly canopy rotated throughout the night.
    Big Think, Big Think, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Sold to Menemsha, studied in its craft, genuinely tense and gorgeously shot, highlighting the heavenly mountains and a historical hell.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Channels the inner, bestial urges to release an unworldly howl that pushes back any nearby enemies.
    Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
  • He is known for pioneering overuse of the Auto-Tune effect, giving his vocals an unworldly quality.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2025
Adjective
  • During August, family members of the deceased would leave offerings of tools, food, and water on graves and elaborate altars to aid their dearly departed along their unearthly travels.
    Sarah Buder, AFAR Media, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Filled with unearthly landscapes, primeval forests, and twilight beaches, Anemone’s ornate visual design seems to underscore its characters’ emotional suffocation.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • With the moon transiting whimsical Pisces, the boundaries between the physical and spiritual blur, adding an imaginative and almost cinematic layer to the festivities.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Here, spiritual infractions are met with savage physical punishment and some of the more grotesque images in recent horror memory (which, as the genre has become ever more popular and emboldened, is seriously saying something).
    Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Of course, Alexander Pope also suggested the follow up - to forgive divine.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
  • This divine angel food cake's rich, moist texture is unlike any other.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2025

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“Nontemporal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nontemporal. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.

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