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as in everyday
having to do with the practical details of regular life
they didn't want to be bothered with mundane concerns like doing the dishes while on vacation
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as in temporal
having to do with life on earth especially as opposed to that in heaven
a period for reflection and penitence, when spiritual concerns should take precedence over those that are mundane
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From swimming goggles to neckties, these mundane objects take on profound personal meaning at a London exhibition.
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Emma Cieslik, Them, 13 Mar. 2025
Typically, the mundane work of government budgets doesn’t garner very much attention.
—Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 8 Mar. 2025
Most capture mundane experiences, impressive in their hyperrealistic way, but some are sublime, or surreal, or place you in a morally challenging position.
—Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2025
From swimming goggles to neckties, these mundane objects take on profound personal meaning at a London exhibition.
—Emma Cieslik, Them, 13 Mar. 2025
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Emma Cieslik, Them, 13 Mar. 2025
Typically, the mundane work of government budgets doesn’t garner very much attention.
—Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 8 Mar. 2025
Most capture mundane experiences, impressive in their hyperrealistic way, but some are sublime, or surreal, or place you in a morally challenging position.
—Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2025
From swimming goggles to neckties, these mundane objects take on profound personal meaning at a London exhibition.
—Emma Cieslik, Them, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mundane
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The result was one of the most transformative kitchen appliances in history, not because of new technology but because someone recognized an everyday problem—slow, inefficient cooking—applied a seemingly unrelated observation, and created a solution.—
Mark Nevins,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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Dyrholm doesn’t only try to encounter her characters with openness but also people in her everyday life.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
23 Mar. 2025
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Taking a broader temporal view of the crypto industry's evolution, of the over 24,000 cryptocurrencies listed on CoinGecko since 2014 to the end of 2023, over 50% have died.—
Max (Chong) Li,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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From there on out, the film takes a couple of major swings in the realm of its timeline — a strange temporal unfurling — as well as the seeming motives behind A.J. and Isaac’s arrival, and Camille’s readiness to host them alongside a friend who clearly needs some alone time.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
8 Mar. 2025
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Its civil servants have a track record of working fifty-to-sixty-hour weeks, based on spacecraft trajectories rather than terrestrial clocks.—
David W. Brown,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025
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That trip would be the longest transoceanic dispersal of any terrestrial vertebrate known to scientists.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
19 Mar. 2025
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The physical altercation happened earlier this month at Wallace Middle School in Waterbury, Connecticut.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2025
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Starting June 1, 2025, a 12% VAT will apply to digital services consumed within the Philippines, even if the provider does not have a physical presence in the country.—
Aleksandra Bal,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Ramping up surveillance Experts say the U.S. needs to boost its surveillance and detection systems now that there are more animal and human cases of D1.1.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
14 Feb. 2025
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However, they are immediately attacked by a ferocious creature that seems not fully animal, not fully human.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
16 Jan. 2025
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That final choice encapsulates Colquhoun’s lack of interest in earthly fame.—
Eliza Goodpasture,
ARTnews.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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Williams and Wilmore and their crewmates exited Dragon, taking their first breaths of earthly air in months.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN,
18 Mar. 2025
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The other educator, 25-year-old Paxton Bean, is charged with official oppression and injury to a child with intentional bodily injury, a third-degree felony.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Mar. 2025
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Research shows that repeat COVID infections cause long-term damage to people’s vascular, neurological and other bodily systems.—
Nikki Morse,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Mar. 2025
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Don’t let your worldly endeavors pull you away from the close-to-home matters at hand.—
Nina Kahn,
StyleCaster,
24 Mar. 2025
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Especially when Cadfael’s worldly wisdom and endless curiosity puts him at odds with his stricter brethren, including the authoritarian Prior Robert (Michael Culver) and his deliciously weasely henchman Brother Jerome (Julian Firth).—
Mary McNamara,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Mundane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mundane. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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