terrestrial
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The deal “highlights the value of spectrum as a scarce resource, be it terrestrial or satellite,” said Mike Crawford, an analyst at B. Riley Securities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
By tying boxing to a platform of that scale, the sport has regained a level of mainstream exposure it has not enjoyed since the terrestrial boom of the 1990s.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
Musk believes that space-based AI computing, powered directly by the sun, will be cheaper than terrestrial data centers in just a few years.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
"A lot of people think of dinosaurs as sort of the mammal equivalents in the Mesozoic era, since they're both the dominant terrestrial animals of their respective time periods," Holtz said.
From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2026
Boy21 takes off his space clothes and puts on a practice uniform so that he looks simply terrestrial instead of extraterrestrial.
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
Vocabulary lists containing terrestrial
Over The Moon: Planetary Vocabulary
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Elements of the Universe: Terr, Terra ("Earth")
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100 SAT Words Beginning with "T"
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