the cosmos
noun
: the universe especially when it is understood as an ordered system
the origins of the cosmos
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Since then, all that matter and energy has continued to move outward, carried along with the cosmos’s expansion.
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Sarah Scoles, JSTOR Daily, 31 July 2025
Pulsars have some of the wildest physics in the cosmos, with matter compressed right to the brink of ultimate collapse into a black hole.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 28 July 2025
Yet there is almost no antimatter in the cosmos, whereas matter is abundant.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 28 July 2025
In the end, the goal is for Starship to carry cargo and humans far into the cosmos.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 20 June 2025
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Sarah Scoles, JSTOR Daily, 31 July 2025
Pulsars have some of the wildest physics in the cosmos, with matter compressed right to the brink of ultimate collapse into a black hole.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 28 July 2025
Yet there is almost no antimatter in the cosmos, whereas matter is abundant.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 28 July 2025
In the end, the goal is for Starship to carry cargo and humans far into the cosmos.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 20 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for the cosmos
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“The cosmos.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20cosmos. Accessed 10 Aug. 2025.
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