1
as in terrestrial
having to do with life on earth especially as opposed to that in heaven
turned away from earthborn concerns during the High Holidays
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2
as in human
relating to or characteristic of human beings
he claims to be above such earthborn concerns as material comfort
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The other factor is the origin of the organic material itself—marine plants are more likely to become oil, whereas terrestrial plants are more likely to become gas.—
Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 7 Jan. 2026
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Running a terrestrial data center costs up to $10 million per year in electricity needs alone.—
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Steering wheels, pedals, and dashboards designed for constant human control can limit comfort and flexibility when the vehicle is driving itself.—
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The right response is not to walk away from generative AI, but to combine it with deterministic tools, human oversight, and serious training.—
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The researchers were trying to test a concept known as temporal discontinuity, in which a brief amount of time passes between the introduction of an item and the assignment of its name.—
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Of course, school felt like a temporal abyss for a lot of young people, especially those who were violently singled out for their differences.—
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Most cops have hero dreams, protector fantasies that sustain them through days that are mostly mundane.—
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Big fantastical ones, but also ones that feel so normalized and mundane and get extrapolated to their most dystopian and absurd.—
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Not quite plant, not quite animal; delicious and wild and rare.—
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Perhaps unsurprisingly, dogs were more likely to respond to animal stimuli than to non-animal stimuli.—
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Sátántangó’s desolate landscapes, dominated by mud, wind, and overcast skies, summoned a vision of earthly purgatory unrivaled in almost all of cinema.—
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The earthly experience of personal grief and privation that inspired such transcendent beauty is mind-bending in its own way.—
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So commences a night of harrowing encounters and trauma both physical and mental, starting with Ron and Mike’s trip to meet Oliver at a bar after one of his shows.—
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Perez does not break down training into physical and tactical work, instead designing complex exercises so players build fitness while practising real-game situations.—
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One late-night scene between Agnes and Will is hard to watch, dramatizing the profound distance between her earthbound herbalist mother and his drunk and frustrated writer.—
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If the sheer distance Albert travels is inconceivable to those of us with more earthbound callings, his on-air stats are equally mind-boggling.—
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“Earthborn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/earthborn. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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