extraterrestrial
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Popular belief in extraterrestrial life and alien encounters was one of the first markers of post-World War II psychology.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
He’s not a super-scientist or a god or an extraterrestrial or a one-percenter able to develop all manner of nifty crime-fighting gadgetry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
That’s right around the average success rate for all players over the past two decades, which means that the penalty spot is the one place where Messi goes from extraterrestrial to strangely mortal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Although no extraterrestrial life has ever been confirmed, the researchers argue that introducing a completely unfamiliar life form into Earth's environment could have unpredictable consequences.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026
An extraterrestrial civilization monitoring the radio emission from Earth and receiving such signals could not fail to conclude that something interesting had been happening here lately.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Although there is speculation about the origins of the civilization—the notion that it might have been established by extraterrestrials remains widespread in China—experts’ understanding of how its people lived has grown, particularly after Ran’s discoveries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Diana Walsh Pasulka, a religion professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, said that for some, belief in extraterrestrials is akin to a kind of religion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
In a follow-up post on Instagram, Obama, who served as US president between 2009-17, clarified: "I saw no evidence during my presidency that extraterrestrials have made contact with us. Really!"
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
But the men are entirely uninterested in negotiating with extraterrestrials.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2025
Yet many listeners believed that their favorite radio personalities had been killed and the Buffalo area taken over by extraterrestrials.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
Vocabulary lists containing extraterrestrial
Elements of the Universe: Terr, Terra ("Earth")
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