the universe

noun

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

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As Amziah demonstrates during this lesson, the queen is the center of the universe, and without her, the colony would collapse. Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 13 Aug. 2026 Waititi executive produces the movie that continues the universe that began with Roald Dahl‘s 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026 Less discussed are two structural changes the guidance makes that genuinely widen the universe of what can be submitted to the agency in the first place. David Talby, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 For Earth, the beauty of total solar eclipses is, in some ways, a happy accident of our position in the universe. Claire Cameron & Lee Billings, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 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 14 Aug. 2026.

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