Definition of earthbornnext

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Adjective
  • The terrestrial fueling hardware designed for the Artemis program’s Space Launch System rockets simply cannot function in an orbital environment.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 June 2026
  • The remaining planetesimals that did not form into the terrestrial planets are the asteroids of today, left to orbit the inner portion of the solar system.
    Adam Lark, Scientific American, 28 June 2026
Adjective
  • Jim Campbell, chief legal counsel for ADF, pointed to Cross’s alleged experience as one of the human costs behind the legal fight.
    Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
  • At the center of it all is Brent Charles’ sinewy Caius Martius Coriolanus, who runs through the play like a human scythe.
    Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Adjective
  • This enables researchers to track spatial and temporal trends for many Wisconsin species, such as black bears, bobcats, coyotes, opossum and raccoons.
    Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Though editor Yorgos Mavropsaridis (a Yorgos Lanthimos regular) cuts the film with brisk concision, there’s also a welcome temporal elasticity here — the sense that life can change in the blink of an eye, but also stall for undefined passages.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 19 June 2026
Adjective
  • Now, new research may rewrite the definition of these planets that make the solar system look a little bit mundane.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 1 July 2026
  • However, Mamdani wasted no time putting his stamp on the relatively small Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME), which is tasked with comparatively mundane administrative duties of issuing shooting permits to film and TV productions.
    Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 30 June 2026
Adjective
  • Computer models and other non-animal testing methods still aren’t the best available science, critics contend.
    Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026
  • The charity reports a 70% increase in multi-animal incidents across England and Wales since 2021, defining such cases as those involving 10 or more animals.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • During the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century, both Martin Luther and John Calvin distinguished spiritual from earthly authority and called for a division of labor between the two.
    Steven K. Green, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
  • People at the most senior levels of the government have no earthly idea what's being discussed inside the White House, inside the Oval Office and the Situation Room.
    Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 23 June 2026
Adjective
  • Balogun crashed into Bosnia’s Tarik Muharemović, landing his foot on top of Muharemović’s during the physical match.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • Hawaiian Tropic’s zinc oxide formula, a physical UV blocker, brushes on with a matte, translucent finish and leaves no white cast on most skin tones.
    Lauren Jarvis-Gibson July 1, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
Adjective
  • Big dreams have a tendency to shape-shift when they are transformed into earthbound finite reality.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 June 2026
  • Instead of transforming into the strongest man in the galaxy to protect his throne from the evil duo of Skeletor (voiced by Jared Leto) and Evil-Lyn (Alison Brie), earthbound Adam parries HR complaints while sitting behind a desk plate that labels his gender identity not as He-Man but He/Him.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026
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“Earthborn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/earthborn. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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