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universe

[yoo-nuh-vurs] / ˈju nəˌvɜrs /
NOUN
everything in creation
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Crew members from "Star Trek" will also land in San Diego on Saturday, to commemorate six decades of exploring the far reaches of the universe.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

He called optical components “the most interesting subsector” when evaluating a pullback in the broader semiconductor universe.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

A PhD student in Sydney has produced cosmic dust from scratch by recreating a small piece of the universe inside a laboratory bottle.

From Science Daily Jul. 19, 2026

Like their high school characters, Locke and Connor are ready to graduate from the “Heartstopper” universe.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

“Let me try to explain it to you, Aidan. In this great big ole universe, man is no more important than an oyster. Or something like that.”

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty

Surely literature is a path to discovering other sensibilities, other universes; “Reading Lolita in Tehran,” by contrast, is about people essentially saying, “This book is meaningful because it reminds me of my life.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

The process begins with scientists generating large numbers of simulated universes based on physical models.

From Science Daily Jun. 29, 2026

If a vacation or road trip isn’t in the cards this summer, you can still be transported to far-away places and alternate universes, like in ‘Spider-Noir,’ ‘Little House on the Prairie’ and ‘Lanterns.’

From Los Angeles Times May 20, 2026

That may help explain how we wound up with “Alice in Wonderland”-style competing proclamations that made it sound as if Xi and Trump had been in different conversations, or perhaps different universes.

From Salon May 17, 2026

It may be that our universe is merely part of many larger universes, some in different dimensions, and that Big Bangs are going on all the time all over the place.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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