as in mundane
having to do with life on earth especially as opposed to that in heaven
we have too many earthbound worries to speculate on the number of angels who can dance on the head of a pin
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Recent Examples of earthbound
Midas Man gently weeps for Epstein, and rightly so, but leaves his story largely earthbound.
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David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2025
Entrepreneurs face similar, albeit more earthbound, temptations.
—Aytekin Tank, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
This almost didn’t happen, because finding the Venn diagram overlap between a movie that felt authentic to Deadpool, who is an earthbound anti-hero, raw and unvarnished storytelling, pretty gritty.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 27 Dec. 2024
In pre-pandemic times, comic book adaptations were Teflon at the box office, but they’ve recently been greeted with grosses that are earthbound — or worse.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 27 Dec. 2024
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David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2025
Entrepreneurs face similar, albeit more earthbound, temptations.
—Aytekin Tank, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
This almost didn’t happen, because finding the Venn diagram overlap between a movie that felt authentic to Deadpool, who is an earthbound anti-hero, raw and unvarnished storytelling, pretty gritty.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 27 Dec. 2024
In pre-pandemic times, comic book adaptations were Teflon at the box office, but they’ve recently been greeted with grosses that are earthbound — or worse.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 27 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for earthbound
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The house contorted even more, and once dinner was done, collecting laundry had become less mundane and more treacherous as violent, red flowers bloomed inside the home.—
Zackery Cuevas,
PC Magazine,
8 June 2025
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Smart home systems that learn family patterns could create more opportunities for connection by managing mundane tasks and scheduling quality time.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
Adjective
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Related Stories The Mogami Terra Tech’s biological and engineered materials combine in natural shades like camouflage fatigues, extracted from terrestrial environments saturated with brush, soil and clay.—
Stephen Garner,
Footwear News,
26 May 2025
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That would mean another UK asset for RedBird, the terrestrial network Channel 5.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
23 May 2025
Adjective
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Though the papal tiara, symbolizing spiritual, temporal and supreme power, is still revered, no pope has worn it since Paul VI (1963-1978), who sold his for charity.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
18 May 2025
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Those questions are, so often, temporal and corporeal.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2025
Adjective
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But in the earthly order, utility—usefulness for man—is the main determiner of value.—
Alejandro Antonio Chafuen,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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The Assumption, proclaimed by Pius XII in 1950, is the doctrine that Mary was taken body and soul into heaven at the end of her earthly life.—
Dennis Doyle,
The Conversation,
8 May 2025
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The Time to Act on Antisemitism is Now This final example demonstrated how Washington’s Jewish community made use of their physical location to enact international change.—
Time,
Time,
3 June 2025
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There isn’t any physical, material world in crypto.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
3 June 2025
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In 2022, the FDA Modernization Act 2.0 paved the way for alternatives to animal testing, and in December 2023, an NIH advisory committee made similar recommendations to develop non-animal methods.—
Rachel Fobar,
Vox,
14 May 2025
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Rendering is a process that transforms animal by-products, like leftover meat and fats...and yes, chicken feet, into usable materials, such as animal feed, fuel, and other industrial products.—
Phil Kafarakis,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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“Earthbound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/earthbound. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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