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Temporal

/tˈɛmpərəl/
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(adj) Of or relating to the material world, as opposed to sacred or clerical.

It took Tom a while to understand the rules of temporal sequence in indirect speech.
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The philosopher discussed the ____ nature of human life and how everything is subject to the passage of time today.

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