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
When the theater faces demolition, Thida must decide whether to move on to her next life or remain earthbound after developing an unexpected relationship with Hai, a mortal man.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
Superman is rarely considered in his own right, rather than as a foil to more earthbound, angsty superheroes such as the Randian vigilante Batman, or to Spider-Man, the idealized boy next door.
—Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025
Atmosphere explores the themes of sacrifice, public service, and the transformative power of love in a more earthbound version of what propels Marvel superheroes.
—Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 15 July 2025
Peter is the most outwardly hostile and simultaneously most recognizably earthbound of the film’s three brothers.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 June 2025
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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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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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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.—
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Running a terrestrial data center costs up to $10 million per year in electricity needs alone.—
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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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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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“Earthbound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/earthbound. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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