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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
Grey’s son, Loren Grey, restored his father’s original ending in the novel’s 1982 Pocket Books reprint, but the vanishing mythos remains intact, with the last of the tribe wistfully following Curtis’s Navajo into the temporal graveyard of the past.
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Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
The approach unites spatial and temporal representations of flow patterns, which traditional methods often treat separately.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
The methodical cacophony of the boat and the temporal collapse of the town clarify his project.
—Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
This pair of daring temporal adventurers makes hops, skips, and jumps along the time stream with Sam popping up randomly into different bodies throughout history.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2025
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Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
The approach unites spatial and temporal representations of flow patterns, which traditional methods often treat separately.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
The methodical cacophony of the boat and the temporal collapse of the town clarify his project.
—Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
This pair of daring temporal adventurers makes hops, skips, and jumps along the time stream with Sam popping up randomly into different bodies throughout history.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for temporal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for temporal
Adjective
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Thoughts of all the beautiful, mundane, familiar things that make life so sweet had turned sour in my ominous fortune-telling.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
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On the face of it, data migration is one of those mundane but necessary IT tasks—the process of moving data from one place to another.—
Carl D'Halluin,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Herzl and many other Zionist luminaries came from secular backgrounds, but the movement also included more observant Jews.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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The strong gains look set to continue for TSLA from a technical perspective, noting the stock is far from overbought territory per the monthly stochastics, and the upper boundary of a secular uptrend channel puts resistance above $500.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
15 Sep. 2025
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In the longer term, the best way to properly confirm these findings would be to return samples for analysis in terrestrial laboratories.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
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The effect is an otherworldly terrestrial landscape that hints at underwater environments like nearly-violet bioluminescence.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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While there was not much to be excited about for Giants fans, the rookie running back continued to become a fan favorite with his physical running style.—
Mark Kern,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Sep. 2025
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Twelve months and one promotion on, Sunderland have added physical height, speed and experience.—
Michael Walker,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
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The rest of us are strolling into fall with an eye to earthly delights.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
12 Sep. 2025
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Though his earthly life has ended, his witness cannot be silenced.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
IndyStar,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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By stimulating the vagus nerve, the device sends a signal to the hypothalamus, a brain area that regulates bodily functions and interacts with the immune system.—
Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
22 Sep. 2025
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Stein faces a charge of cruelty to an animal with serious bodily injury, Fort Worth police said.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Sep. 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 25 Sep. 2025.
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