the universe

noun

: all of space and everything in it including stars, planets, galaxies, etc.

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While saying investors shouldn't abandon the market altogether, Cramer stressed the universe of stocks that can work in a tightening cycle is shrinking. Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026 Scientists plan to use the imager to take fast snapshots of the cosmos, study dark energy, and map the distribution of matter throughout the universe. Josh Dinner, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2026 And that’s a pretty different kind of unanswerable question than, for instance, how the universe began. Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026 What captures the attention of the American public and provides the support for what is a quite extraordinary engineering and scientific expense to explore the universe is the human in the loop. Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 15 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the universe

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“The universe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20universe. Accessed 18 Sep. 2026.

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