Terran
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Terrans
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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
“It’s a step in a path of a complex engineered system,” she said of the Terran 1 flight.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2023
The surface over the hills was bessa, soft and still unpacked, what Terran skiers I think call “wild” snow.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Like asking Terrans why all our vehicles must go so fast; we answer “Why not?”
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Terrans tend to feel they’ve got to get ahead, make progress.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Forth continued, "Just the same, there will be two Terrans with you."
From The Planet Savers by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Father, the Terrans call me a wise doctor, a man of healing.
From The Planet Savers by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Within a few generations a stranger landing upon the planet would not have known without previous information that the Terrans were not aboriginal.
From Rastignac the Devil by Philip José Farmer
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