temporal pole

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The most prominent anterior part of the temporal lobes of the brain.

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Words nearby temporal pole

temporal lobe, temporal-lobe epilepsy, temporally, temporal muscle, temporal plane, temporal pole, temporal process, temporal ridge, temporal summation, tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis, temporarily

How to use temporal pole in a sentence

Occasionally a pamphlet for a salsa class might be tossed on a doorstop or stuck on a pole near a bus stop.
Iran’s Becoming a Footloose Nation as Dance Lessons Spread|IranWire|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
World GDP (including North Pole toyshop gross output) is $84.97 trillion.
Santa Fails One More Time|P. J. O’Rourke|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It seems to me that both sides need to move toward the “staying connected” pole.
Fixing a Dysfunctional Family: Congress|Gene Robinson|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Both political parties, and the President, have moved too close to the “standing alone” pole.
Fixing a Dysfunctional Family: Congress|Gene Robinson|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

“The street pole that tells a wonderful story,” Maria told the assemblage.
How Brooklyn’s First Ice Cream Girl Fought City Hall–and Won|Michael Daly|October 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Knowing by experience that he would soon be up to it, he used his pole with all his might, hoping to steer clear of it.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
Edmund de la Pole, earl of Suffolk, on account of his near relationship to the house of York, beheaded.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Then, having shot nothing that day, he turned towards the Pole with a feeling of disappointment.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
Truly it was a most enjoyable season and experience, but there is no joy without its alley here below—not even at the North Pole!
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
As that is not one of their vows, and they do not have charge of temporal matters, the sick have suffered greatly.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various