nonterrestrial
- a word derived from terrestrial.
Example Sentences
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Scientists have long thought that Europa may be one of the best places in our solar system to look for nonterrestrial life.
From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2024
To wit: that something is a nonterrestrial parasitic organism whose signature symptom is “behavioral manipulation” of the host.
From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2021
Many were quick to caution that people shouldn’t read into the report’s failure to outright discard a nonterrestrial explanation for the sightings.
From Slate • Jun. 26, 2021
Further, not a single UFO has ever left behind any physical evidence that can be tested in a laboratory and shown to be of nonterrestrial origin.
From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016
It has also given rise to numerous theories regarding the history of life, including that the evolution of myriad species has been interrupted by nonterrestrial agents from the solar system or the galaxy.
From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2015
