1
as in cosmopolitan
having a wide and refined knowledge of the world especially from personal experience
she returned from her year as an exchange student a much more worldly person
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as in mundane
having to do with life on earth especially as opposed to that in heaven
preoccupied with worldly concerns
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Recent Examples of worldly
For millennia, curious souls have examined a range of worldly phenomena, from the palm of the hand to moldy cheese, to prophesy supernatural knowledge about their fates.
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John Last, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025
Nine days after the fire, Muir senior Jasmine Collins is living in a motel with her mother and siblings; all of their worldly possessions now fit into their truck.
—Longreads, 27 June 2025
Churches, synagogues, temples, mosques — these worldly shells stand as evidence of New York’s long history of diversity and change.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 27 June 2025
Dwayne Keith Project, a Hartford act fusing gospel, jazz and hip-hop.
8:30 to 10 p.m.: Khruangbin, the worldly psychedelic soul/rock/dub/pop trio from Houston, Texas.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2025
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John Last, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025
Nine days after the fire, Muir senior Jasmine Collins is living in a motel with her mother and siblings; all of their worldly possessions now fit into their truck.
—Longreads, 27 June 2025
Churches, synagogues, temples, mosques — these worldly shells stand as evidence of New York’s long history of diversity and change.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 27 June 2025
Dwayne Keith Project, a Hartford act fusing gospel, jazz and hip-hop.
8:30 to 10 p.m.: Khruangbin, the worldly psychedelic soul/rock/dub/pop trio from Houston, Texas.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for worldly
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The cosmopolitan nature of the club has been clear.—
Jeff Rueter,
New York Times,
10 July 2025
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When Water Tower Place opened its cosmopolitan doors in 1975, the audacious notion was that all of the upscale delights of a suburban shopping center could be replicated on prime Magnificent Mile real estate by a building that soared 74 stories on a tight urban footprint.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
2 July 2025
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Smiling, eye contact and small talk should be kept to a minimum and be strictly mundane.—
Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
12 July 2025
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There will, of course, be speculation that the Microsoft Outlook outage is cyberattack related, but the reality is likely to be more mundane.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has accused Edwin Brant Frost IV and his private lending company First Liberty Building & Loan with allegedly presiding over a sophisticated $140 million Ponzi scheme, according to a civil complaint filed on Thursday in federal court in Atlanta.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
11 July 2025
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Muli’s special smart technology features intelligence residence functions that control the shades, lighting with unique settings for morning and evening, air management and is outfitted with a sophisticated security system.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
10 July 2025
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The film makes the prisoners’ civil-rights violations explicit as these vulnerable characters are dropped into legal and temporal limbo and are denied the right of due process, an ongoing conversation in light of recent deportations.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Vulture,
11 July 2025
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But there’s nothing average about MULA, and their new album, ETERNA, blasts these alchemic blends with darkwave, shattering temporal constructs of nostalgia and futurism with a tropi-goth sound for all seasons.—
Richard Villegas,
Rolling Stone,
7 July 2025
Adjective
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Unable to get actual lunar dust, the team bought lunar regolith simulant, a terrestrial material that is synthesized to approximate the chemical, mechanical, mineralogical and other properties of lunar dust.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
18 July 2025
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In astrology, it’s often believed that these signs are directly connected to terrestrial events and certain character traits, including intelligence.—
Sarah Scott,
Parents,
16 July 2025
Adjective
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Creating spaces — physical or digital — that evoke deep emotional connection builds loyalty that no marketing funnel can replicate.—
Sudhir Gupta,
Rolling Stone,
9 July 2025
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Hot 100 combines physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, video views and karaoke data.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
9 July 2025
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The moon is not the only thing that can shorten earthly days.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
9 July 2025
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For those in the New Apostolic Reformation, these flags symbolize the belief that when all earthly authority fails, people have the right to appeal directly to God’s authority to justify resistance.—
Art Jipson,
The Conversation,
8 July 2025
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“Worldly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worldly. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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