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as in humanities
human beings in general
the whole world is waiting to see how this crisis will play out
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as in planets
the celestial body on which we live
worried about the effects of pollution on the world
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as in universes
the whole body of things observed or assumed
theories about the origin of the world
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as in galaxies
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 worlds
Andrew Webster is an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pokémon video game.
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Andrew Webster, The Verge, 5 Feb. 2026
Some in the company felt that Chapek was elevating the MBAs over the people actually creating the characters and worlds that Disney was best known for.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
Unlike most shows, The Game —which follows the wild lives of star football players and the women who make their worlds go round —debuted as an original on The CW in 2006.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
The Swiss team skipped by Benoît Schwarz-van Berkel won silver at those worlds.
—Matt Slater, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
This bracelet offers the best of both worlds with red fabric cord on one side and a double chain on the other, providing a wonderful gift for those who are dashing towards their new year dreams.
—Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 4 Feb. 2026
Nearly six years after Iger’s seismic move – which stunned the media and business worlds and came just prior to the devastation of Covid and when the exec was well shy of his 70th birthday – his motivations to leave remain largely a mystery.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026
Even though the software is extremely limited right now—people can explore their AI worlds for only one minute—investors worry the service may eventually diminish the influence of major studios.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 3 Feb. 2026
Through a reassessment of habitable zone models and boundary calculations, this study expands the range of worlds considered potentially habitable, revealing new targets in the search for life.
—Victoria Corless, Space.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Andrew Webster, The Verge, 5 Feb. 2026
Some in the company felt that Chapek was elevating the MBAs over the people actually creating the characters and worlds that Disney was best known for.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
Unlike most shows, The Game —which follows the wild lives of star football players and the women who make their worlds go round —debuted as an original on The CW in 2006.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
The Swiss team skipped by Benoît Schwarz-van Berkel won silver at those worlds.
—Matt Slater, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
This bracelet offers the best of both worlds with red fabric cord on one side and a double chain on the other, providing a wonderful gift for those who are dashing towards their new year dreams.
—Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 4 Feb. 2026
Nearly six years after Iger’s seismic move – which stunned the media and business worlds and came just prior to the devastation of Covid and when the exec was well shy of his 70th birthday – his motivations to leave remain largely a mystery.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026
Even though the software is extremely limited right now—people can explore their AI worlds for only one minute—investors worry the service may eventually diminish the influence of major studios.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 3 Feb. 2026
Through a reassessment of habitable zone models and boundary calculations, this study expands the range of worlds considered potentially habitable, revealing new targets in the search for life.
—Victoria Corless, Space.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for worlds
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Tyler Austin Harper on the multibillion-dollar foundation that controls the humanities.—
David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 2026
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Framed as disposable Sociology is often framed as disposable in ways that history or English never would be, even as the future of the humanities is being endlessly debated.—
Wendy Nelson Espeland,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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What's happening with the new race to the moon and other planets?—
Space.com Staff,
Space.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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That alone distinguishes Bienvenu’s take on a futuristic reality from most sci-fi narratives, which often occur in sleek, cold labs, desolate planets, or intricate spaceships floating in the vastness of space.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
6 Feb. 2026
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Their universes collide when Eli gets into a car accident with Audrey’s mother.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
1 Feb. 2026
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Ours was a secret relationship and our universes were very much separate.—
Fatima Bhutto,
Vogue,
31 Jan. 2026
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Hence, physicists have inferred that galaxies are embedded with vast haloes of dark matter that extend far beyond their haloes of stars.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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And this brings us to the second reason galaxies can still collide in an expanding universe.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
6 Feb. 2026
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Dancers execute choreography with four to as many as 50 hoops, creating intricate designs such as animals and globes.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The sound globes rotated 340 degrees to project a cone of sound and could be tuned to re-create the environment in which the music was originally recorded—a concert hall, cathedral, nightclub, or opera house.—
Allison Marsh,
IEEE Spectrum,
24 Jan. 2026
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There’s an elaborate schema—anger, lust, the whole list—finding ways to discern and regulate.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2026
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And with consumer sentiment at its lowest in well over a decade, businesses have been looking for ways to get customers in the door.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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While the fatalities have occurred along the Central Coast and in Northern California, the phenomenon has prompted concerns and discussions among mycological societies and amateur foragers across the Golden State.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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In Islamic societies, particularly during the Ottoman Empire, the word described separate living quarters for the female members of a household, which outsiders were prohibited from accessing.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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In the engineers who built a telescope that can see planets 13 billion light-years away.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Feb. 2026
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The findings come from a close look at the HR 8799 system, a young, sun-like star about 133 light-years from Earth that hosts four enormous gas giants orbiting far from their parent star.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Worlds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worlds. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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