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as in galaxy
a huge physical or conceptual distance
they have ideas for the new project that are a world away from his own
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Recent Examples of world
Star athletes are worshipped as minor deities in the real world.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
Roji Films and Toei present the feature, with world sales handled by EST N8 and Toei.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
Here’s what happened in the Latin music world this week.
—Griselda Flores, Billboard, 20 Sep. 2025
Silencing us impoverishes the whole world.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2025
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
Roji Films and Toei present the feature, with world sales handled by EST N8 and Toei.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
Here’s what happened in the Latin music world this week.
—Griselda Flores, Billboard, 20 Sep. 2025
Silencing us impoverishes the whole world.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for world
Noun
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While detailing the first in-person meeting between her and Rodríguez, Pascal spoke about the specific rhetoric that trans actors sometimes come up against, which is that trans actors should connect with trans subjects based solely on identity, rather than the many other aspects of their humanity.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
15 Sep. 2025
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The way humanity finally got to the level of ChatGPT was not by comprehending intelligence well enough to craft an intelligent mind.—
Nate Soares,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
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Their Arts District restaurant has redbrick floors from its days as a Nabisco factory, warmed up with globe lights and dark leather booths.—
The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
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Evil people are still lurking in the shadows of our country and this globe, looking to hurt us, looking to threaten our safety and our values.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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More Disney/Eric McCandless ABC is expanding its Dancing With the Stars universe with a new official podcast hosted by Season 33 champion Joey Graziadei.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.—
Jack Tamisiea,
Scientific American,
17 Sep. 2025
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If not, then a spin or two around the galaxy later, and the sun will have grown bright enough, and the water cycle amplified enough as a result, that ramped up rock weathering will draw carbon dioxide so low that even grasses can’t hold on.—
Peter Brannen,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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To be so bright, a galaxy would have to be loaded with stars at an impossible density.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Saturn rotates on an axis tilted by 27 degrees, much as Earth does, so every 14-and-a-half years — half of its 29-year orbit — the planet’s tilt aligns the rings with the line of sight from Earth.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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Here’s a look at the trees it was named for — the largest on the planet — and how the national park system has grown.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
20 Sep. 2025
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Despite the unintentional nature of the plunking, both benches were warned when Kemp began veering toward the mound after being hit.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
20 Sep. 2025
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That’s not to overstate the depth or emotive nature of a fun little ride that uses broad-brush psychology as an excuse for an elegant puzzle-box that, once solved, does not require further thought.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
19 Sep. 2025
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Financial reports, client data, or confidential business information can be uploaded in ways that sidestep official security and AI policies, often neutralizing safeguards intended to keep information safe.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Selena Gomez’s Emmys 2025 manicure was barely there, in the best way.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
15 Sep. 2025
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Yerevan now found itself in a hopeless situation, bereft of any real allies, its military in tatters, and an increasingly bitter Armenian public.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
21 Sep. 2025
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In 2021, Wolfe Herd became the youngest woman in history to take a company public, ringing the Nasdaq bell with her son on her hip.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
20 Sep. 2025
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“World.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/world. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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