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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
While this town certainly feels quaint, its worldly dishes, celebrated galleries, and specialty shops attract visitors in the South and beyond.
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Brennan Long, Southern Living, 11 July 2025
Concluding Thought Since a personal guarantee is a pledge of all one's worldly non-exempt assets to back the underlying loan, a personal guarantee is basically a financial noose that one puts their head into and then waits to see if the trapdoor opens.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
With offices in Miami and Lago Bracciano, Italy, designer Sam Robin brings a worldly perspective to her projects, which include residences, hotels, restaurants, and even private planes.
—Dan Howarth, Architectural Digest, 7 July 2025
As the park’s main gamekeeper, Muldoon can comprehend the mind of the dinosaurs, similarly to how the worldly archer picks up the way other cultures communicate with each other.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 2 July 2025
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Brennan Long, Southern Living, 11 July 2025
Concluding Thought Since a personal guarantee is a pledge of all one's worldly non-exempt assets to back the underlying loan, a personal guarantee is basically a financial noose that one puts their head into and then waits to see if the trapdoor opens.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
With offices in Miami and Lago Bracciano, Italy, designer Sam Robin brings a worldly perspective to her projects, which include residences, hotels, restaurants, and even private planes.
—Dan Howarth, Architectural Digest, 7 July 2025
As the park’s main gamekeeper, Muldoon can comprehend the mind of the dinosaurs, similarly to how the worldly archer picks up the way other cultures communicate with each other.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 2 July 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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Other leaders showcased internal agent use cases that the company says will more efficiently accomplish mundane and repetitive tasks for store workers, corporate staff, Walmart software engineers, and brands and other companies that sell through Walmart’s physical and digital storefronts.—
Jason Del Rey,
Fortune,
24 July 2025
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There are also more mundane problems, such as young students using AI to cheat on their homework.—
Haisten Willis,
The Washington Examiner,
23 July 2025
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Private-equity firms and non-bank lenders have grown impressively over the last few decades due to substantial demand for their offerings from those sophisticated investors.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 July 2025
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This sophisticated technique represents the highest standard of data recovery possible on today's smartphones, working within security constraints to provide the most complete evidence picture available.—
Lars Daniel,
Forbes.com,
22 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
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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
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Significant resources were invested in the ball players’ physical and mental development, but credit must also be given to natural abilities and genetics.—
Wayne G. McDonnell,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Regular physical activity can decrease LDL cholesterol levels.—
Lindsey DeSoto,
Verywell Health,
21 July 2025
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The values of Superman’s earthly home extend to his heroics on an international stage.—
Samantha Baskind,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 July 2025
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With this caution in mind, what were St. Augustine’s views regarding earthly policy?—
Alejandro Antonio Chafuen,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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“Worldly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worldly. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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