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She says she is at peace with the fact all her worldly possessions fit in a bedroom that is no more than 12ft long, by eight feet wide.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Besides the city's highbrow cultural offerings, its status as a centre of congress and diplomacy also helps attract a wealthy and worldly clientele.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

Much like the toilet which kept playing up during the Artemis II mission, this research reminds us even astronauts operating in other worldly conditions are still human.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

Because of their business and interests in worldly affairs, Mr. McGinnis claims, the rich tend to be well-informed on policy matters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026

Whereas he was largely easygoing and open-minded about most worldly matters, she was suspicious, strict, and inaccessible.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

Deep learning -- machine learning's wiser and worldlier relative -- can digest larger quantities of information to make more nuanced decisions.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 4, 2024

Seahawks coach Pete Carroll talked at length on Tuesday about how Lynch, at 33, seems like a much worldlier, wiser, and mature person than in his previous incarnation.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 24, 2019

It’s the point of lots of teen shows, and lots of the actual lives of teens, this desire to be older, freer, smarter, worldlier.

From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2019

Her best biographer, Richard B. Sewall, unpicked this legend in his 1974 study, from which a worldlier and more socialized figure emerged.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 14, 2017

A worldlier woman would not have been so shocked; but he had never desired less crystalline transparency of mind—less exquisite whiteness of soul, for Nan.

From Name and Fame A Novel by Adeline Sergeant

Tell her that if you’re right about that, at the time you were dealing with shame and fear, and felt your older sister was the worldliest person you could turn to.

From Slate ● May 2, 2021

And there’s no denying that when she sings, from a wildly diverse song list, she’s as polished and inventive as the worldliest cabaret artist.

From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2010

A belly laugh at Nero's Rome delivered by the worldliest Roman of them all.

From Time Magazine Archive

Great Morning is a tribute from the worldliest of the artistic Sitwells to the most Arcadian period that any Englishman can remember: the last years of the peace that ended in August 1914.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mrs. Makely, I admit, without further dispute, that the most unworldly woman is worldlier than the worldliest man; and that in all practical matters we fade into dreamers and doctrinaires beside you.

From A Traveler from Altruria: Romance by William Dean Howells