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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
Traditional microscopy methods often lack either the spatial or temporal resolution needed to capture such phenomena.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Mar. 2026
Media scholar Philip Auslander has argued that liveness, in the contemporary sense, doesn’t require perfect temporal alignment.
—Yook Jihun, Popular Science, 26 Mar. 2026
Asking whether symptoms change with the menstrual cycle introduces a temporal framework that can reorient evaluation.
—Sarah Berg, STAT, 26 Mar. 2026
The designer Jorge Ballina, whose work has not been previously seen at Lyric, imagines this location, both physical and temporal, as a portal drawn from traditional Day of the Dead iconography but also from the artwork of both Kahlo and Rivera.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Mar. 2026
Media scholar Philip Auslander has argued that liveness, in the contemporary sense, doesn’t require perfect temporal alignment.
—Yook Jihun, Popular Science, 26 Mar. 2026
Asking whether symptoms change with the menstrual cycle introduces a temporal framework that can reorient evaluation.
—Sarah Berg, STAT, 26 Mar. 2026
The designer Jorge Ballina, whose work has not been previously seen at Lyric, imagines this location, both physical and temporal, as a portal drawn from traditional Day of the Dead iconography but also from the artwork of both Kahlo and Rivera.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for temporal
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But there was a time when the title character of Jean-Pierre Jeunet's film, Amélie, was expected to sport a far more mundane 'do.—
Adèle Bari,
Vanity Fair,
26 Apr. 2026
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The girls would spend hours filming TikToks, turning mundane daily moments into something playful and childlike.—
Lauren Mascarenhas,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2026
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And naturally, Anthony Bourdain made his own pilgrimage, offering his approval like a secular blessing.—
Jimmy Jellinek,
SPIN,
27 Apr. 2026
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The other is completely secular—thoroughly of this age, thoroughly of this world.—
Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
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Officials worked with Mi’kmaw archaeological technicians alongside both underwater and terrestrial archaeologists to excavate and document the wreck, adapting their methods to Sable Island's shifting sands.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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Spielberg's return to the summer blockbuster appears to follow Josh O'Connor's character, Daniel Kelner, fighting to reveal the existence of extra-terrestrial life along with Emily Blunt and Colman Domingo.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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His physical attributes caught the attention of the Ravens’ front office and scouts, but his relationship with Heap helped drive his quality of character home.—
Haley Sawyer,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
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Both Ponds and Glenn were undersized cornerbacks who both love to get physical.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
25 Apr. 2026
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That’s to say, there’s earthly authority and there’s heavenly authority.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
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This silence has led a handful of scholars to insist that Paul knew no earthly Jesus at all.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The researchers also found that being young, female, and well educated increased the odds that someone would be moist averse, as did being disgusted more generally by bodily functions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
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He is also accused of entering her home to commit an offense and unlawfully removing her in order to inflict bodily injury or terrorize her.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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The charity reports a 70% increase in multi-animal incidents across England and Wales since 2021, defining such cases as those involving 10 or more animals.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
9 Apr. 2026
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Regulators are trying to push drug development into a post-animal testing era.—
Meghana Keshavan,
STAT,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Temporal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temporal. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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