Terran
Americanadjective
noun
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His company, Terran, is testing a machine to build 3D-printed homes out of dirt and clay.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
And you have the “mirror universe” of “Star Trek,” whose dark and aggressive Terran Empire reveals the baser instincts of beloved characters.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 18, 2023
"It was a lot better to just put those resources into Terran R because that's going to be a way-more-profitable way to allocate the team that we have," Ellis said.
From Reuters • Apr. 17, 2023
“No entirely new rocket gets to space on launch one, and Terran 1 is the most revolutionary launch vehicle in 60 years,” he said before the launch attempt.
From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2023
Ai taught me a Terran game played on squares with little stones, called go, an excellent difficult game.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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