universe
noun
G. B. Clairmont
Examples of universe in a Sentence
William Earl, Variety, 25 Apr. 2024
Tabitha Brown’s is expanding her Tab Time children’s programming universe.
—Jasmine Browley, Essence, 25 Apr. 2024
In an alternate universe, there’s a John Oliver who renewed his Daily Show contract in 2013, stuck around to replace Jon Stewart and eventually burned out — like so many with a nightly telecast.
—Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Apr. 2024
Ever richer data from giant telescopes has allowed cosmologists to developed a credible scenario of our expanding universe.
—Martin Rees, TIME, 24 Apr. 2024
The songs on Tortured Poets, most of which are mid- or uptempo ballads spun out in the gossamer style that's defined Swift's confessional mode since Folklore, build a closed universe of private and even stolen moments, inhabited by only two people, Swift and a man.
—Ann Powers, NPR, 19 Apr. 2024
Yet in Swift’s universe, love is often a battlefield.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2024
There are millions of parents like me who have watched our children come of age in an unrestricted and unprotected digital universe devoid of any guardrails that can keep them safe.
—Molly O'Shea, STAT, 17 Apr. 2024
The platform is almost its own ecosystem within the Taylor Swift fan universe, a place where concerts are livestreamed, fan theories are exchanged, and viral trends beget mountains of content.
—Mia Sato, The Verge, 11 Apr. 2024
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“Universe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/universe. Accessed 1 May. 2024.
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universe
noun
from Latin universum "whole body of things that exist," from universus "whole, entire," literally, "turned into one," from uni- "one" and versus "turned toward," from vertere "to turn" — related to anniversary, converse, unicorn, versatile
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