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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
Audiences didn’t flock to this award-winning British theater work because of the temporal aspect, however.
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024
Photo: Jenny Anderson In Leon’s version, the temporal setting is abstract as well.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024
Another temporal perspective is from the present day to the future, denoted as present-future.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
But Butterworth, among our most sophisticated structuralists, also builds a complicated temporal armature for the familiar tale of a deluded, fame-hungry stage mother.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
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David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024
Photo: Jenny Anderson In Leon’s version, the temporal setting is abstract as well.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024
Another temporal perspective is from the present day to the future, denoted as present-future.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
But Butterworth, among our most sophisticated structuralists, also builds a complicated temporal armature for the familiar tale of a deluded, fame-hungry stage mother.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 3 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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Separated a documentary film directed by Errol Morris Adam Kirsch In Search of Fullness In his new book, the philosopher Charles Taylor looks at modern poetry as a unique record of spiritual experience in a secular age.Erin Maglaque, The New York Review of Books, 15 Nov. 2024
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The analysts said electricity demand is entering an era of secular growth driven by electrical infrastructure investments over the coming years.Paulina Likos, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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Since the Voyager 2 flyby, ever-improving terrestrial telescopes, the Hubble spacecraft and the James Webb observatory have brought Neptune into clearer view, allowing scientists to advance their understanding of its skies, meteorology and moons.Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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SpaceX Starlink or OneWeb satellite internet services, for example, provide connectivity where traditional broadband is unavailable or as a backup to terrestrial land-line connectivity.Scott Williams, Forbes, 24 Oct. 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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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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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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Played by a seemingly fearless Will Price, Lucas is a daredevil chasing great bodily harm following the off-screen death of his father.Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
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Over the same time period, the average cost of bodily injury and property damage liability claims was $31,690.Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 31 Oct. 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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“Temporal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temporal. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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