as in temporal
not involving religion or religious matters
that's an issue for the secular authorities, not the church
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Recent Examples of secular
Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2023
These data imply to me that the secular are getting idiocratic faster than the fundamentalists.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 16 Aug. 2012
Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 7 July 2025
The secular shift is evident in the slope of the monthly cloud model, which points higher looking out to mid-2027.
—Katie Stockton, CNBC, 28 July 2025
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Adjective
There was a change of heart among the secular nationalists during the second intifada—which started in 2000 and ended in 2005—in which seculars also joined forces.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2023
These data imply to me that the secular are getting idiocratic faster than the fundamentalists.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 16 Aug. 2012
Noun
The family later moved to a diverse neighborhood in Long Island, which, along with a secular Jewish upbringing, first exposed Siegel to progressive values.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 7 July 2025
The secular shift is evident in the slope of the monthly cloud model, which points higher looking out to mid-2027.
—Katie Stockton, CNBC, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for secular
Adjective
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Drifting between moving-image formats and collaging local textures and bygone voices, Oscar Ruiz Navia’s film reflects on loss and mourning as experiences of temporal dislocation.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
7 Aug. 2025
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Without temporal intelligence, scale becomes noise.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In layman’s terms: Make your business too real to ignore.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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In layman’s terms, your portion of the Oklo pie has just become a bit smaller.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
Adjective
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Meanwhile, the number of nonreligious people is growing.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Aug. 2025
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The first is whether communal prayer over a loudspeaker before a state athletic association game is indeed government speech – especially because officials permitted a wide array of nonreligious private speech over the loudspeaker.—
Charles J. Russo,
The Conversation,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Similarly, no layperson will need to understand how standards like HSML, HSTP, or UDG work.—
Gabriel René,
IEEE Spectrum,
24 July 2025
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To a layperson, technology and biological life may seem like opposite poles.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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“Secular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secular. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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