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as in mundane
having to do with life on earth especially as opposed to that in heaven
the preacher warned that those who were interested only in carnal pursuits would not see the kingdom of heaven
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as in physical
of or relating to the human body
a missionary who tends to the carnal needs of the people as well as to their spiritual concerns
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as in sensual
pleasing to the physical senses
carnal attractions of that gambling mecca in the desert
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Recent Examples of carnal
There's two parts of us, our highest good, and then our carnal, material self.
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Daniela Avila, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
The album’s best songs thread the needle carefully between carnal aches, pledges to weather relationship highs and lows, and conciliatory admissions that the singer-songwriter and producer doesn’t always make the best choices.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2024
Even Agnes, who stands to earn the film an X rating with her carnal extracurricular activities, behaves in ugly ways.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
One of them is another family friend, the unhappily married Naomi Shah, who at the psychologist’s 40th wedding-anniversary party takes an interest in Griffin that turns quickly, shockingly carnal, leading to a series of encounters in her Mercedes and elsewhere.
—Alexandra Jacobs, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
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Daniela Avila, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
The album’s best songs thread the needle carefully between carnal aches, pledges to weather relationship highs and lows, and conciliatory admissions that the singer-songwriter and producer doesn’t always make the best choices.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2024
Even Agnes, who stands to earn the film an X rating with her carnal extracurricular activities, behaves in ugly ways.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
One of them is another family friend, the unhappily married Naomi Shah, who at the psychologist’s 40th wedding-anniversary party takes an interest in Griffin that turns quickly, shockingly carnal, leading to a series of encounters in her Mercedes and elsewhere.
—Alexandra Jacobs, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carnal
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At the century-old Souk Waqif here, dozens of watch repairmen spend their days maintaining luxury timepieces and doing more mundane jobs like replacing the batteries in digital watches.—
David Belcher,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2025
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In traditional dictatorships, critics are often charged with crimes such as sedition, treason, or plotting insurrection, but contemporary autocrats tend to prosecute critics for more mundane offenses, such as corruption, tax evasion, defamation, and even minor violations of arcane rules.—
STEVEN LEVITSKY,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Its most significant physical feature is a segmented tread protruding from its back, and extending to the front of its face.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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March 14th brings the full moon total lunar eclipse in Virgo (2:54 a.m. EST, 23° Virgo), a major moment of truth for our mental, physical, and spiritual well-being.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
refinery29.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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That’s because the singer’s soft, sensual vocals and sense of spacing maintain a strident sense of passion and grace, only to end this breathless encounter on a major chord and a hastened beat.—
A.D. Amorosi,
Variety,
24 Feb. 2025
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From her breakout album Control to the socially conscious Rhythm Nation 1814 and the sensual evolution of The Velvet Rope, Jackson’s career has been a masterclass in reinvention.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
22 Feb. 2025
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By effectively transferring knowledge from freely available visual and language data, Magma bridges verbal, spatial, and temporal intelligence to navigate complex tasks and settings.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
20 Feb. 2025
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His work as a filmmaker includes Animal Room with Neil Patrick Harris, Perkins 14, Dark Ride, A Good Night to Die which premiered at the 2003 Tribeca Film Festival and the 2021 temporal horror film 6:45.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Yates, 30, came to the Sacramento County prison from San Diego County after he was convicted of first-degree burglary and assault likely to cause great bodily injury.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacramento Bee,
24 Feb. 2025
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Yates had been sent to prison in October 2017 from San Diego County to serve eight years for first-degree burglary and assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury as a second striker.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Feb. 2025
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The researchers assume that the meteoritic iron came from a local meteorite fall, and the recovered material was mixed with terrestrial ore.—
David Bressan,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Available from: The University of California Press, or various online and terrestrial bookstores and libraries.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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However, they are immediately attacked by a ferocious creature that seems not fully animal, not fully human.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
16 Jan. 2025
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Animal lovers will enjoy horseback riding or visiting one of the area’s animal sanctuaries.—
Katie Seemann,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Apr. 2023
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How has Max died and why is his spirit anchored on the earthly plane?—
Marie-Helene Bertino,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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That’s an awful lot of earthly real estate, but when the asteroid becomes visible again and draws closer to us, a much more precise ground-zero could be determined.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Carnal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carnal. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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