universal
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Maybe it all pays off, and we get universal basic income while AI bots bring us mai tais on the beach.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Published in Nature Astronomy under the title "A universal critical accretion rate for black hole jet formation," the study brings together years of observations across multiple wavelengths.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
"I try to put all that in there… and hope that's a universal feeling because it's really madly important to me that women, especially, watch it and see themselves reflected back."
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
“One decision we can be clear about — we are not building a universal face database.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Alkahest was a universal solvent, true to its name, and had never failed him before.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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A new study finds that about one-third of long-standing "linguistic universals" are backed by strong statistical evidence when tested using modern evolutionary methods.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 5, 2026
Appealing to universals, Mr. Blair recognizes the basic physiological realities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025
“The book touches on many universals, one of which is the ever-present problem of tyranny,” Rivera says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2024
“But the search for universals took place in only one corner of the language universe.”
From Scientific American ● Oct. 18, 2023
Maybe the world wasn’t made of universals that could be summed up in neat little packages.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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Power Prefix: uni-
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Four Power Prefixes: anti-, con-, inter-, and uni-.
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