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Recent Examples of unspiritual
When the 1990s brought an emphasis on art being viewed as unspiritual, unpoetical, socioeconomic evidence, the perspective on Cole changed.
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Holland Cotter, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2018
Holland Cotter, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unspiritual
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This is only the latest in Roan's other-worldly, imaginative outings at Paris Fashion Week.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
7 Mar. 2026
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It’s best known as the month that Muslims fast from food and drink from sun up to sun down and is meant to help people align themselves with God without the distractions of worldly temptations.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
28 Feb. 2026
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But a battlefield promotion to Ayatollah was arranged, blending faith with politics in an exercise that critics said sullied both even before Khamenei reinforced his position by earthly means, elevating the IRGC.—
Karl Vick,
Time,
28 Feb. 2026
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The monkey and the lion have become Chinese emperors, Buddha’s earthly servants.—
Andrew Norman Wilson,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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In a similar vein, Byredo’s Animalique exudes an equally alluring vibe that’s slightly funkier and more carnal.—
Sophie Wirt,
InStyle,
26 Feb. 2026
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All evidence shows that Chee and Manuelito have engaged in carnal intimacy as the prophets foretold.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Feb. 2026
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If the demand for AI continues to grow, earthbound data centers—and power supplies—may not be able to keep up.—
Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
29 Jan. 2026
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One late-night scene between Agnes and Will is hard to watch, dramatizing the profound distance between her earthbound herbalist mother and his drunk and frustrated writer.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
7 Jan. 2026
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No workers for mundane tasks Diez revealed that manufacturers worldwide are struggling to find laborers for highly repetitive physical tasks.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Mar. 2026
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The response was a playful dig at the mundane nature of the original headline.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Mar. 2026
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Murderbot has been realized in fleshly form in the sculpted body of Alexander Skarsgård, on the new Apple TV+ series of the same name.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
13 June 2025
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That was the thing about Succession — its characters were monstrous, but the show never lost sight of their fleshly fallibility, their doubts and vulnerabilities.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
31 May 2025
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While the magnitude of these surges varies by context, the temporal clustering of activity in both cases demonstrates that social media visibility is driven by discrete political and moral shocks rather than sustained baseline engagement.—
Arnaud Kurze,
The Conversation,
9 Mar. 2026
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When choosing trees for year-long interest, consider both long-term and temporal sources of color and texture, and think about how these combine with other elements.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
3 Mar. 2026
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But a higher-education system that can no longer keep them safe from the vulgarities of the market, the siren song of cultural warfare, or the decidedly sublunary work of furnishing political propaganda is one that has not just failed the humanities, but failed entirely.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 2026
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Our attention plunges in while the body remains firmly rooted in the sublunary world.—
Meghan O'Gieblyn,
WIRED,
16 Aug. 2023
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“Unspiritual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unspiritual. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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