nontemporal

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Recent Examples of nontemporal Where Reasons End is set in a nontemporal, nonphysical place. Eve Bowen, The New York Review of Books, 5 Mar. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nontemporal
Adjective
  • The size of a celestial object in the night sky depends on both its physical size and — just as importantly — its distance from the observer.
    Darryl Seligman, Space.com, 25 Feb. 2025
  • This month, a new kind of space telescope is setting out on a two-year mission to create four complete maps of the entire celestial sky that will catalog the origins of the universe and seek out the ingredients of life − chiefly water and carbon dioxide molecules − in distant interstellar clouds.
    Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Given the baroque language of the text, not to mention the metaphysical events within the narrative itself, Dieter’s exact exploits remain open for interpretation.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Feb. 2025
  • As in Dante, the metaphysical landscape is taken seriously and is carefully documented, as if the reader might someday go there and need to know the rules.
    Elisa Gonzalez, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The forecast for Saturday (Feb. 22) at press time was 69 degrees and sunny, a heavenly day to try out Hollis’ barbecue for yourself, as Joe’s Holy Smoke enjoys its first day at 1515 Lee Road in Orlando.
    Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Far too many people overlook this distinction and end up like the German Christians and the antebellum slave owners, trying to find a heavenly origin for things that have nothing to do with the character of their God.
    B.G. White, Hartford Courant, 18 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • While there are countless superhero stories flooding the TV landscape, Emma Moran's Extraordinary soars with its down-to-earth, Boys-esque twist, where being a hero isn't all it's cracked up to be and unworldly abilities aren't just devices for destruction.
    Alex Galbraith, EW.com, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Buruma, who excels at setting a rather unworldly man in the public life of his time, describes how, in 1672, a mob in The Hague lynched Johan and Cornelis de Witt, brothers who had led the Netherlands’ liberal regime during what is now remembered as the Dutch Golden Age.
    Adam Kirsch, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
Adjective
  • What really does get Daph’s juices flowing is the unidentifiable unearthly sound Darcy captured after stepping inside a circle of mushrooms — never advisable.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Like its demonic specters, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust endures in the dark, safely packed in boxes available for purchase and waiting for unsuspecting lovers to savor its unearthly delights.
    Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2024
Adjective
  • With Marxism tainted by its aggressive materialism, and mere democratic socialism so mere, anarchism could be imagined as a series of defiant spiritual acts.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Cambodia’s Art Come Home: Foreign institutions and collectors are returning artifacts with deep spiritual meaning.
    Hannah Beech, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • So, instead, in that film, the music comes to represent something like the divine spirit or these spirits that occupy the film in a way.
    Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2025
  • Placido is an Italian singer and actress, so she’s used to the divine food found in the region.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025

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“Nontemporal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nontemporal. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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