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universal

[yoo-nuh-vur-suhl] / ˌyu nəˈvɜr səl /


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Although there is not a universal definition, many experts and educators rely on guidance from the bipartisan National Education Goals Panel, which has criteria similar to the questions asked by the federal survey.

From Los Angeles Times

The film sensitively and disarmingly refuses to other the subculture at its core — a clever way of making the particular feel universal.

From Los Angeles Times

Maya-Jade paused to spin a finger around her temple, the universal sign for cuckoo.

From Literature

Those affected by the data breach have now been made "a universal offer" of £7,500 each in compensation after Stormont agreed to ring fence £119m to settle claims for damages in December.

From BBC

Good novels and memoirs remind us that whatever our own issues might be, they are at some level universal.

From The Wall Street Journal