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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
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.
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Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025
Without temporal intelligence, scale becomes noise.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
These poems invent verbal models of movement through time, their own temporal construction also serving as their subject, always nonchalantly expressed.
—Dan Chiasson, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
The first time one of these temporal shifts through eras, one of these free falls from today back to childhood, happened was a few nights after the burial.
—Sophie Brickman, The Atlantic, 4 Aug. 2025
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Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025
Without temporal intelligence, scale becomes noise.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
These poems invent verbal models of movement through time, their own temporal construction also serving as their subject, always nonchalantly expressed.
—Dan Chiasson, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
The first time one of these temporal shifts through eras, one of these free falls from today back to childhood, happened was a few nights after the burial.
—Sophie Brickman, The Atlantic, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for temporal
Adjective
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His real talent seemed to be inferring some of the more mundane details of my life.—
Webb Wright,
Scientific American,
18 Aug. 2025
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Many people worry that AI will one day overthrow and destroy us, but many more worry about the mundane eventualities of ongoing AI integration.—
Christian Perry,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Stocks like Palantir , for which three or one rate cuts mean nothing in the face of their ties to artificial intelligence and other secular trends, were sold heavily Tuesday and into Wednesday’s session.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
21 Aug. 2025
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Researchers in Israel have found that ultra-Orthodox Jewish adolescents tend to fall asleep earlier and maintain more regular sleep schedules than their secular peers.—
Rabbi Bruce D. Forman,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The terrestrial part of the park is mostly inaccessible during this time.—
Sarah Kingdom,
Forbes.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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And that’s true of rivers and fisheries, terrestrial wildlife, aquatic wildlife and birds.—
Christine Peterson,
Outdoor Life,
21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The new species was identified by its scale pattern, skeleton, jaws, body proportions and other subtle physical features, the study said.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
14 Aug. 2025
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Linkin Park reenters the general sales ranking at No. 85 and comes in one spot lower on the list of the top-selling physical titles.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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It was once widely believed throughout Europe that stars produced an ethereal fluid that somehow influenced earthly affairs.—
Martha Barnette
August 6,
Literary Hub,
6 Aug. 2025
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Because his reality emerges from fiction, Musk is untethered from any sense of earthly constraints.—
Franklin Foer,
The Atlantic,
28 July 2025
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Today, Aubrey’s office can see only records about incidents involving death or great bodily injury, which comprise a fraction of police officers’ violent encounters.—
Mercury News Editorial,
Mercury News,
22 Aug. 2025
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Cody Fields, 27, was charged Wednesday with causing serious bodily injury when operating a vehicle while intoxicated, causing serious bodily injury when operating a vehicle with a blood alcohol level of .08% or more, and three misdemeanors.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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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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“Temporal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temporal. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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