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temporality

[tem-puh-ral-i-tee] / ˌtɛm pəˈræl ɪ ti /


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But according to his family, friends and colleagues, the knowledge of life’s temporality was also what made Candy the kind, compassionate man he was.

From Salon Oct. 12, 2025

In its atmosphere of gnawing discomfort with imposed secrecy about bad men, “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl” is a uniquely dimensional work of character and temporality.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 7, 2025

It said it has temporality grounded its fleet of SF-260 TP trainer planes.

From Reuters Jan. 25, 2023

In this approach, there is a distinction between hearing versus listening; the former is a surface-level awareness of space and temporality, and the second is an act of immersive focus.

From New York Times Apr. 14, 2022

I would have brought him to no longer regretting his temporality; I would have made him an idol.

From The Modern Regime, Volume 2 by John Durand

She began to imagine a piece with layered temporalities, one that would hark back to the former natural abundance of New York, critique contemporary inequities and confront the future.

From New York Times Sep. 30, 2022

Like “La Lontananza,” this is a duet of temporalities, an interaction between a live player and a tape, this time of the pianist Maurizio Pollini.

From New York Times Mar. 28, 2016

Erpenbeck was born in East Berlin, in 1967; herself a witness to some fairly turbulent European history, she is drawn to long perspectives and political temporalities.

From The New Yorker Jan. 4, 2016

It was an odd sensation, as if the two distinct temporalities had blended into one.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2014

Stephen banished him and seized his temporalities, until an interdict was laid upon the royal lands, and he was forced to be reconciled to him.

From The English Church in the Middle Ages by William Hunt




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