terrestrial
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Building up a terrestrial AI business could arguably help pave the way for that.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
“Global electricity demand for AI simply cannot be met with terrestrial solutions, even in the near term, without imposing hardship on communities and the environment,” Musk said in February.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
“The compute required to train and operate the next generation of these systems is outpacing what terrestrial power, land, and cooling can deliver on the timelines that matter,” xAI said.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
If its efforts to collect continuous energy and beam it back to receivers on Earth are successful, it could provide a clean energy solution that avoids some of the limitations of terrestrial solar panels.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026
Eurasia has the largest number of big terrestrial wild mammal species, whether or not ancestral to a domesticated species.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing terrestrial
Over The Moon: Planetary Vocabulary
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Elements of the Universe: Terr, Terra ("Earth")
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100 SAT Words Beginning with "T"
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