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earthling

[urth-ling] / ˈɜrθ lɪŋ /


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The post-SBF world, which arrived in tandem with the explosion of ChatGPT, would not be tethered to such puny earthling ventures.

From Slate Nov. 20, 2023

The value of his Tesla shares make him the richest man in the world, and even when he wasn’t the richest earthling, he wasn’t known as someone who was especially welcoming to criticism.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 5, 2022

But with little conclusive evidence expected to confirm any intergalactic visitations, it remains to be seen whether any earthling minds will change.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2021

So if we're identifying as an earthling, they might call it something else.

From Salon Nov. 19, 2020

But Ino saw him—Ino, Kadmos’ daughter, slim-legged, lovely, once an earthling girl, now in the seas a nereid, Leukothea.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer




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