terrestrial sphere
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Every day our terrestrial sphere revolves into and out of the sun’s light, irrespective of what we on its surface codify into laws and regardless of what numbers we display on our clocks.
From Scientific American • Mar. 17, 2022
The weary old terrestrial sphere was either too hot or too cold and capricious in doling out its moisture.
From Time Magazine Archive
My dear, many things are possible in this terrestrial sphere.
From A Beautiful Possibility by Black, Edith Ferguson
Whate'er may be my unknown fate Upon this dark, terrestrial sphere, Wilt smile to hear that I am blest, And o'er my anguish shed thy tear?
From Lays of Ancient Virginia, and Other Poems by Bartley, James Avis
In the ceremonies of the Zuñis the complete terrestrial sphere is symbolized by pointing or blowing the smoke to the four cardinal points, to the zenith and nadir, the individual himself making the seventh number.
From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia
