universal
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The U.S. should also speak with countries that claim universal jurisdiction over genocide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
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
An international team of astronomers co-led by an IAS scholar has identified what appears to be a universal rule governing one of the most dramatic behaviors of black holes: the production of powerful jets.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
Finland has universal male conscription, and some women also volunteer to serve.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Most were universal, such as the sun or birds.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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
This was one of the universals I had so far avoided.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
Vocabulary lists containing universal
Power Prefix: uni-
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Four Power Prefixes: anti-, con-, inter-, and uni-.
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