How to Use universal in a Sentence

universal

1 of 2 adjective

• A lot of the songs are more universal.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 15 Feb. 2026
• But this was not a universal view.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 10 Nov. 2025
• There is no universal source of truth.
  — Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 22 Sep. 2025
• There is no universal best time to take Lexapro.
  — Megan Nunn, Verywell Health, 22 Sep. 2025
• The high five is one of the most universal gestures in sports.
  — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2026
• And soccer is kind of the universal sport in that sense.
  — Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2025
• This chin-length cut is a universal fit for just about ever hair type.
  — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 31 Mar. 2026
• Of course, this isn’t universal.
  — Big Think, 5 Feb. 2026
• Stop settling for universal floor mats that slide, smell, and crack.
  — Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 25 Mar. 2026
• Yes, funding universal child care will be hard.
  — Liam Stanton, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
• That’s whether universal programs are good for kids.
  — Abby McCloskey, Boston Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
• So rights are not some sort of universal thing that every person has.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2023
• There are a few things in this cosmos that are truly universal.
  — Big Think, 6 May 2026
• But the drive to grow is universal, and so is the resistance.
  — Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026
• The language of art, too, is universal.
  — Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025
• White is a universal choice, though heather grey is the fashion must of the season.
  — Talia Abbas, Glamour, 20 Oct. 2023
• Prior to this school year, there was not a universal rule about cellphones.
  — Chuck Fieldman, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
• Beans are among the oldest and most universal source of protein.
  — Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026
• Hair loss is one of the few universal beauty concerns.
  — Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 11 Apr. 2026
• Mondays are a universal off day in the minor leagues.
  — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
• Problems can arise when friends assume their own style is universal.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
• But Vladimir is not built for universal appeal.
  — Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 May 2026
• People see one thing and make a universal opinion.
  — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026
• The universal shade takes the guesswork out of shade matching.
  — Deanna Pai, Allure, 23 Oct. 2025
• How does one person’s song become a universal dream?
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Mar. 2026
• For me, that’s the universal message of this series.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
• Few desires are more universal than wanting to get more and better sleep.
  — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
• Some of you will object to universal consent.
  — Roger Van Zanen, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Feb. 2026
• Even so, the math in favor of EVs isn’t universal.
  — Bydavid Schepp, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
• That is something that is universal, and people can relate to it.
  — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 26 June 2026

universal

2 of 2 noun

• But none of us truly knows what’s in the air; that is one of few universals.
  — Giles Harvey, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
• For me, that’s something that’s kind of universal in a sense.
  — Matt Minton, Variety, 13 Mar. 2025
• Make the specific universal and the world will beat a path to your door.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 28 Feb. 2023
• The sailor and the nurse were intended as universals, and they are best seen that way.
  — Time, 28 July 2017
• That shift in scale—from home to the cosmos, from the specific to the universal—is at the core of her work.
  — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
• Brissett earned universal praised from coaches and teammates after the loss.
  — Zak Keefer, Indianapolis Star, 23 Sep. 2017
• But as journalists, we’re taught the specific is the universal.
  — Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 11 June 2024
• But Brizé knows that for his story to resonate, the specific must trump the universal at every turn.
  — Justin Chang, latimes.com, 11 May 2017
• Therefore, polygamy was a common cultural universal evoked out of the conditions at hand.
  — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 30 Jan. 2012
• But values are rooted in emotion and experience as well as reason, in the local as well as the universal.
  — Alison Gopnik, The Atlantic, 17 Mar. 2018
• Shows about love were both high stakes and universal and became central to Kinetic’s production slate.
  — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 4 June 2024
• These universals offer fertile ground for connection, enabling managers to build trust through care, love and respect.
  — Iese Business School, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
• Lucky last year, Moroney has excelled in making the personal universal.
  — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 10 July 2024
• The tension between the personal and the universal is palpable in the plot of Novela.
  — Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2025
• Specificity is known by specific people, while universals are known by the universe, Ann had always thought.
  — Nicolette Polek, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
• Specificity is known by specific people, while universals are known by the universe, Ann had always thought.
  — Nicolette Polek, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
• Shoes are entirely personal, though having a pair that works for you is the only mandatory hiking universal.
  — Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 6 Aug. 2024
• Like any good storyteller, Sean Dorsey has a knack for distilling the universal from the specific.
  — Claudia Bauer, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2018
• Not only is there is a human universal of offense at violation of sacred norms, but those sacred norms vary from culture to culture.
  — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2012
• Laws about bodily damage also seem to fit into this category of moral or legal universals.
  — Daniel Sznycer, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2025
• Febos makes this kind of self-examination universal.
  — Emma Alpern, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
• The personal becomes the universal.
  — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 1 June 2026
• Therefore, the common view that positive illusions are a human universal is based on heavily skewed research.
  — Shinobu Kitayama, Scientific American, 15 May 2023
• Emanuel also touted Chicago as the first city that made community college free, and made kindergarten and pre-K universal.
  — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 8 June 2026
• By drawing from the richness of human experience and celebrating both the unique and the universal, the most meaningful stories can emerge.
  — Colin Dougan, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2025
• Lauda’s team found a different way to make an Ising computer universal by introducing a new kind of anyon, the neglecton.
  — Ananya Palivela, Scientific American, 30 Aug. 2025
• Many of the experts advocated for making the housing choice voucher program universal, which would allow anyone who qualifies for a voucher to receive one.
  — Juliette Rihl, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2023
• The trick is in the details — in letting the personal bring specificity to the universal while letting the universal illuminate the personal.
  — Ty Burr, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024
• The practice of establishing and enforcing strict requirements for public apology is not a human universal.
  — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2022
• Congress passed the Uniform Time Act in 1966, which made the biannual clock switching universal.
  — Brittany Anas, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024