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earthly

adjective as in conceivable

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The danger of “Heretic” is nothing extraterrestrial, but rather the most common and mundane of earthly predators: a man.

A thundering media sensation in the city of Carson extolled the promises and perils of earthly departure.

He makes Seth’s geeky kindness seem like one of the true earthly wonders.

Passages that inspired Christians to open settlement houses to shelter poor city dwellers and join union picket lines to fight against decrepit working conditions also formed the core of Martin Luther King Jr.'s argument that pastors cannot preach the glories of heaven while ignoring the earthly hell of racialized oppression.

From Salon

Kolkata is celebrating its biggest annual festival - Durga Puja, when the ten-armed Goddess Durga is said to visit her earthly home, her entire family in tow.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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