worldly
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Say what you will about the Davosites, they are worldly types who understand regression to the mean.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026
There are still financial tasks that have to be done for you after your death, like filing your last tax return and cleaning up your worldly possessions.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 14, 2026
Although relatively tame next to what was to follow, Puccini’s 1918 “Suor Angelica” revealed a convent where worldly and spiritual desires collide.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025
More than anything else, it offers further evidence that Musk is a lot dumber than he ought to be, given his immense worldly success.
From Salon • Nov. 2, 2025
They were a rough-and-tumble bunch, not very worldly, but earnest and used to hard work.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
Vocabulary lists containing worldly
Excerpt from "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
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