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as in cosmopolitan
having a wide and refined knowledge of the world especially from personal experience
she returned from her year as an exchange student a much more worldly person
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as in mundane
having to do with life on earth especially as opposed to that in heaven
preoccupied with worldly concerns
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Recent Examples of worldly
The firm is known for setting a timeless foundation, then layering in color, pattern, worldly accents, and energetic art.
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Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 5 Feb. 2025
Give us a peace about this decision to end our relationship that transcends worldly understanding.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 29 Jan. 2025
The brand’s previous creations lean toward the realm of fantasy, often a hodgepodge of worldly inspirations and expensive materials.
—Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 22 Jan. 2025
Easton’s a peerless listener and lively raconteur, both curious and worldly.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 3 Feb. 2025
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Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 5 Feb. 2025
Give us a peace about this decision to end our relationship that transcends worldly understanding.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 29 Jan. 2025
The brand’s previous creations lean toward the realm of fantasy, often a hodgepodge of worldly inspirations and expensive materials.
—Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 22 Jan. 2025
Easton’s a peerless listener and lively raconteur, both curious and worldly.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for worldly
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Streamlined and cosmopolitan in style and substance, limited edition Wyld Box Jewelry embodies cleanly sculpted silhouettes.—
Kyle Roderick,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Nation-states and their parochial identities would give way to an interdependent and cosmopolitan future.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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On a more mundane level, people in many places were hiding fire away in closed stoves, steam engines, and furnaces.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
2 Mar. 2025
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Here was a death that was permanent in the mundane sort of way.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2025
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The Swiss skincare import creates sophisticated formulations featuring pure alpine ingredients from high altitude plants and Triple DNA, a patented marine DNA extract that deeply hydrates and boosts cell renewal.—
Bea McMonagle,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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The military's main findings were that the region's most powerful and sophisticated military misread Hamas' intentions, underestimated its capabilities and was wholly unprepared for the surprise attack by thousands of heavily armed militants in the early morning hours of a major Jewish holiday.—
MOHAMMAD JAHJOUH, WAFAA SHURAFA, NATALIE MELZER AND TIA GOLDENBERG THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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From there on out, the film takes a couple of major swings in the realm of its timeline — a strange temporal unfurling — as well as the seeming motives behind A.J. and Isaac’s arrival, and Camille’s readiness to host them alongside a friend who clearly needs some alone time.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
8 Mar. 2025
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Scientists had long thought that deciphering those qualities — collectively known as prosody — happened in the superior temporal gyrus, an area of the brain associated with speech perception.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
3 Mar. 2025
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The researchers assume that the meteoritic iron came from a local meteorite fall, and the recovered material was mixed with terrestrial ore.—
David Bressan,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Available from: The University of California Press, or various online and terrestrial bookstores and libraries.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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March 14th brings the full moon total lunar eclipse in Virgo (2:54 a.m. EST, 23° Virgo), a major moment of truth for our mental, physical, and spiritual well-being.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
refinery29.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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Its most significant physical feature is a segmented tread protruding from its back, and extending to the front of its face.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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How has Max died and why is his spirit anchored on the earthly plane?—
Marie-Helene Bertino,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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That’s an awful lot of earthly real estate, but when the asteroid becomes visible again and draws closer to us, a much more precise ground-zero could be determined.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Worldly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worldly. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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