How to Use terrestrial in a Sentence

terrestrial

adjective
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  • The toad has terrestrial habits, spending most of its time on shore.
  • In a sign of the times and the end of terrestrial talk radio, the announcement was issued on Twitter.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Tracking these new aphids might just be the key to terrestrial success.
    — Liliana Webb, Detroit Free Press, 1 June 2022
  • These marine plants form the base of the marine ecosystem, just as terrestrial plants do on land.
    — Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022
  • The flats are known for these strange terrestrial patterns.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2022
  • The systems are of course built to resist rust, but so are terrestrial panels, which are exposed to rain.
    — Matt Simon, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The grounding line is where the terrestrial ice sheet reaches the sea and begins floating, becoming the ice shelf.
    — WIRED, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The majestic species is the largest terrestrial bird in North America with a wingspan of about 9 feet.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 5 Jan. 2023
  • The jaws and finlike legs of these first terrestrial vertebrates served as bony pathways from the outside world to the inner ear.
    — David George Haskell, Wired, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Many bromeliads are terrestrial epiphytes that do great in the ground, or in pots sunk into garden beds.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2022
  • Just 4% are terrestrial, or rocky planets like Earth or Mars.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 21 Mar. 2022
  • The switch from terrestrial to satellite service should be seamless for the user.
    — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 26 Aug. 2022
  • In any terrestrial ecosystem, a fresh pile of poop is an entire universe.
    — Christie Taylor, Popular Science, 13 Mar. 2024
  • No one knows when the first terrestrial globe was created.
    — Laurie Kellman, Quartz, 7 Apr. 2024
  • New Zealand was once a land of flightless birds like the extinct moa—no terrestrial mammalian predators in sight.
    — Rina Diane Caballar, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
  • And the lens cap doubles as a smartphone adapter so that kids can show off images of their cosmic and terrestrial explorations.
    — Jen McCaffery, Popular Science, 21 June 2023
  • The conductor size of a subsea or terrestrial cable affects the cost of the cable system.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2022
  • In act 1, the group members prepare for departure, savoring their last chances to have a drink or go for a terrestrial jog.
    — Amy Brady, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2023
  • It’s much harder to know who is listening in and when with terrestrial radio.
    — Paul Kelly, Forbes, 10 Aug. 2022
  • But without terrestrial borders, how close is too close in space?
    — Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 5 Sep. 2023
  • This allows microfibers to enter air and soil, and to be transferred to soil organisms and up the terrestrial food web or taken up by crops.
    — Judith Weis, The Conversation, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Meanwhile, put all the extra-terrestrial rumors to rest.
    — CBS News, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Maren, Mickey and Kacey have all found ways outside of terrestrial radio to gain audiences and find their own paths.
    — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 31 May 2022
  • But at the moment Zoe Saldaña, a 45-year-old mother of three, is focusing on more terrestrial roles – on-camera and off.
    — David Morgan, CBS News, 14 July 2023
  • His thoughts frequently strayed from the terrestrial world.
    — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 28 Mar. 2022
  • The satellite will be able to see through storm clouds and accurately measure the height of flood waters when terrestrial gauges are submerged.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Once it's thought of as a global food crop (aquatic, rather than terrestrial), it could be treated much the same way, tweaked for color, taste, and protein content.
    — Katherine Martinko, Treehugger, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Conifer needles, cones, mosses and terrestrial snails are also present in the layers.
    — Patti Zarling, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2024
  • The fat and meat of terrestrial mammals weren’t the only possible source of extra calories for hungry hominins.
    — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
  • But both space and terrestrial weather emerge at the confluence of short- and long-term drivers playing out over a variety of different regions.
    — Umair Irfan, Vox, 14 May 2024

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