universality
noun
uni·ver·sal·i·ty
ˌyü-nə-(ˌ)vər-ˈsa-lə-tē 
1
: the quality or state of being universal
2
: universal comprehensiveness in range
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That dual meaning gave it a strange universality.
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april 8, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026
For Chappel, this was the first point when policy turned away from universality and toward a politicized idea of deservedness.
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Brendan Hay, SPIN, 13 Apr. 2026
That dual meaning gave it a strange universality.
—Ryan Brennan
april 8, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026
For Chappel, this was the first point when policy turned away from universality and toward a politicized idea of deservedness.
—Trevor Jackson, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
What’s different about this technological shift is its universality.
—Teuila Hanson, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for universality
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“Universality.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/universality. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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universality
noun
uni·ver·sal·i·ty
ˌyü-nə-(ˌ)vər-ˈsal-ət-ē
: the quality or state of being universal (as in range, occurrence, or appeal)
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