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earthly

[urth-lee] / ˈɜrθ li /




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And this Islamic belief that God encompasses every aspect of earthly life proves both a strength and a weakness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

The success is driven in part by a very earthly concern: making airplane wifi more reliable.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 11, 2026

That show was set against giant glowing planets that signalled his ambitions, while Tuesday's looks were rooted in earthly beauty, particularly the elegance of bird life.

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

The Spanish singer's fourth album is an exhilarating - and profoundly moving - exploration of the human condition, that asks why the earthly and the holy have to be so far apart.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

Then, for no earthly reason, at least no reason that anybody could understand, certainly no reason that Nel understood then or later, she smiled.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison




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