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as in temporal
having to do with life on earth especially as opposed to that in heaven
scientists haven't even found all the terrestrial life on our planet
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as in mundane
having to do with the practical details of regular life
let's focus on terrestrial issues—such as how to pay the bills
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Recent Examples of terrestrial
The impacts to be studied were to include those on human health, agriculture, terrestrial and marine ecosystems.
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Zia Mian, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2024
Moose are mostly solitary animals who survive by consuming different types of plants and fruit, with their diet mainly consisting of terrestrial vegetation like forbs and other non-grasses.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
That engine fashioned Pluto’s rich tapestry of flowing glaciers, jagged mountains and other unfamiliar terrestrial features on the surface.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
Mars is more inhospitable to human occupation than the most punishing terrestrial environments, such as Antarctica and the remote desert.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
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Zia Mian, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2024
Moose are mostly solitary animals who survive by consuming different types of plants and fruit, with their diet mainly consisting of terrestrial vegetation like forbs and other non-grasses.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
That engine fashioned Pluto’s rich tapestry of flowing glaciers, jagged mountains and other unfamiliar terrestrial features on the surface.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
Mars is more inhospitable to human occupation than the most punishing terrestrial environments, such as Antarctica and the remote desert.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
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Murphy probably shouldn’t have returned to such close geographic and temporal proximity to the tremendous The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story — and, indeed, the two shows have many points of overlap, all of which favor American Crime Story.Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Sep. 2024
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Additionally, temporal control techniques like pausing before responding or speaking at a moderate pace can demonstrate thoughtfulness and composure.Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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These mundane tasks and long hours of repetitive training culminate in competitive outbursts where careers are made and broken.Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
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By Matteo Wong Photographs by Jenn Ackerman When Melissa Kono, the town clerk in Burnside, Wisconsin, began training election workers in 2015, their questions were relatively mundane.Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2024
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In contrast, marijuana has not been linked to the same level of severe physical health consequences.Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Collins has introduced several changes meant to monetize the business, including subscriptions, organized live events, and bringing back physical copies of the paper and its television parody, the Onion News Network.Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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But just as the price of everyday goods began growing a little more slowly, likely tariffs from a second Trump administration could destabilize recent disinflation.Melvin Backman, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
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Torii gates are iconic structures that mark the boundary between the everyday and the sacred at Shinto shrines across Japan.Arata Yamamoto, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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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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Smoothies are an easy way to incorporate more non-animal protein into your diet.Amy Stanford, Health, 27 Mar. 2023
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Otherworldly ambitions, though, can come with earthly costs.Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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On the flip side of things (quite literally), the Netherworld occupied by the recently, and not-so-recently, deceased needed to come off as eerie and a place where earthly rules of sound no longer apply.Josh Weiss, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Terrestrial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/terrestrial. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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