temporal
Example Sentences
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In the film, the temporal correlation between increased use of plastics and decreasing sperm count is presented as causative.
From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026
"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
The single set of temporal fascia—indentations behind the eye sockets that are doubled on a reptile—is one means of scientific definition.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 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
The ashes of the late world carried on the bleak and temporal winds to and fro in the void.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
Vocabulary lists containing temporal
It's About Time: Chron and Temp
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"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" by Patrick Henry (1775)
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100 SAT Words Beginning with "T"
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