temporal
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"One of Monaco's distinctive features is a kind of positive secularism, which recognises the legitimate autonomy of the spiritual and temporal spheres," Guillaume Paris, a senior clergyman in Monaco, told AFP.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
We should not seek ethical guidance from addled entertainers, but we can find insights into our temporal and spiritual condition.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
The compilation’s temporal breadth and depth is definitely a highlight here; there are no clunkers and no choices that feel like stretching to fill out a two-disc set.
From Salon • Feb. 24, 2026
Audiences will gradually realize that there are familial connections between these women, although those specifics are best left discovered within “Sound of Falling’s” temporal drift.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026
I wondered if he had been there the whole time, caught in a temporal causality loop while I was out playing soccer/non-American football and being humiliated for having an intact foreskin.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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