universal
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Pulido’s celebrity gives him instant universal name ID in the district.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026
Falling head-over-heels for a home without actually stepping foot in it is a universal experience—and it impacts celebrities, too.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
G20 partners now have "some universal acknowledgement" that issues like freedom of navigation matter, alongside supply chains for critical minerals and food security, Rubio told reporters on Saturday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026
Back in Georgia, it's an issue on which Tamara and James agree - they want universal healthcare.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
In almost every case, each side believed itself to be superior—ethnocentrism seems to be a near- universal human quality—and from this belief was convinced that it could control the encounter to its advantage.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
By identifying which universals truly stand up to rigorous testing, the study helps narrow the focus for future research.
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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