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as in mundane
having to do with life on earth especially as opposed to that in heaven
do not worry about temporal concerns, but instead focus on spiritual matters
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as in secular
not involving religion or religious matters
administrators on campus are in place to deal with students' temporal needs, and spiritual advisors are available to help students with their nontemporal needs
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Recent Examples of temporal
This reflects differences in temporal orientation and relational maintenance, not necessarily effort or loyalty.
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
The study authors overcame this problem by pushing ultrafast electron diffraction (UED) to an unprecedented level of spatial and temporal precision.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 17 Jan. 2026
No temporal limitation is placed on the length of the service on the court by a Supreme Court justice.
—James M. McGuire, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2026
Of course, school felt like a temporal abyss for a lot of young people, especially those who were violently singled out for their differences.
—Alex Jovanovich, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
The study authors overcame this problem by pushing ultrafast electron diffraction (UED) to an unprecedented level of spatial and temporal precision.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 17 Jan. 2026
No temporal limitation is placed on the length of the service on the court by a Supreme Court justice.
—James M. McGuire, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2026
Of course, school felt like a temporal abyss for a lot of young people, especially those who were violently singled out for their differences.
—Alex Jovanovich, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for temporal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for temporal
Adjective
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To an outsider, this looks like a mundane infrastructure dispute.—
Yunus Emre Tozal,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2026
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But most of the messages were more mundane, such as highlighting support for requiring voters to provide identification at the polls.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
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Rabbi Andrew Schultz, executive director of the Community Alliance for Jewish Affiliated Cemeteries, said this option does not align with Jewish burial traditions, though many secular Jews inquire about alternate practices.—
Hannah Kliger,
CBS News,
6 Feb. 2026
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Judging by her writings, Raha belonged to a milieu in Tehran where the arts are a secular religion.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2026
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But fertilizing terrestrial crops with marine material may muddle that work.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
11 Feb. 2026
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Traditionally, cars only connect to terrestrial cell towers.—
Noelle Harff,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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Both Bloom’s and Brick’s physical devices may also give them an edge with young people who increasingly prefer the analog over the digital.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
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There are more overtly sexy moments in Fennell’s movie — the physical intimacy is ratcheted up significantly from the book — but this scene underlines the Brontë’s themes of desire and repression — and the friction between them — that imprinted on the filmmaker as a teen.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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Iran’s rulers, like many religious fundamentalists, celebrate indifference to earthly life and pin their sights on posthumous rewards.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2026
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Cognition and sensorimotor functions emerged from the evolutionary pressures of an unpredictable earthly environment.—
Rachel Barr,
Big Think,
29 Jan. 2026
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Chad Michael Watts, 45, faces two counts of assault causing bodily injury.—
Jessica Ma,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Jennifer Penton is charged with involuntary manslaughter, causing serious bodily injury to a person participating in a training program involving physical exercise, and perjury.—
Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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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
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“Temporal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temporal. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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