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a huge physical or conceptual distance
they have ideas for the new project that are a world away from his own
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Recent Examples of world
And starting on Saturday, stylish movie buffs can book a stay at the 750-square-foot Clueless Suite ($1,995/night) and live in the iconic film’s world for two nights or more.
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Danielle Directo-Meston, HollywoodReporter, 9 July 2025
Data centers largely power cloud services in their own digital world, leading to large competition between the tech companies, said Sagar Samtani, associate professor and founder of the Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab in the IU Kelley School of Business.
—Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 9 July 2025
Public outrage is becoming an ever-present threat to businesses and leaders in today’s hyperconnected and polarized world.
—Harvard Business Review, 9 July 2025
The New Zealand singer-songwriter’s third album, released in August 2021, reveled in the comfort of distance, toasting to idyllic interior worlds.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 27 June 2025
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Danielle Directo-Meston, HollywoodReporter, 9 July 2025
Data centers largely power cloud services in their own digital world, leading to large competition between the tech companies, said Sagar Samtani, associate professor and founder of the Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab in the IU Kelley School of Business.
—Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 9 July 2025
Public outrage is becoming an ever-present threat to businesses and leaders in today’s hyperconnected and polarized world.
—Harvard Business Review, 9 July 2025
The New Zealand singer-songwriter’s third album, released in August 2021, reveled in the comfort of distance, toasting to idyllic interior worlds.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for world
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The unlikely pair must race against the clock to save all of humanity after tomb hunters unwittingly set loose a 3,000-year-old vengeful reincarnation of an Egyptian priest.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
11 July 2025
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In other words, the most future-proof skill might just be your humanity.—
Julia Sullivan,
USA Today,
11 July 2025
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Another sequence is drawn upside down, after Mafalda finds a globe and discovers that Argentina is in the Southern Hemisphere.—
Daniel Alarcón,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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We’re fed Apollo Bar highlights like a salad rosso, a globe of radicchio segmented with chunks of blood orange, a blooming artichoke, and seasonal strawberry ice-cream cake.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
26 June 2025
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Vera, the buzzy, brilliant and preternaturally observant ten-year-old central to Gary Shteyngart’s sardonic and profoundly relevant new novel, brings a fresh, necessary perspective to our evolving dystopian universe.—
Jane Ciabattari
July 8,
Literary Hub,
8 July 2025
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In the past, the reality series brought together the most iconic and beloved single stars from across the Netflix universe for another chance at finding love.—
Monique Wilson,
Glamour,
7 July 2025
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All month – Milky Way core: The bright central bulge of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, is visible all night through August.—
John Tufts,
The Courier-Journal,
11 July 2025
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Then, some very serious things start happening in the galaxy.—
Jeff Conway,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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About 92% of measles cases in 2025 were in people who were either unvaccinated or whose vaccination status was unknown, according to the CDC.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
8 July 2025
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Search and rescue operations in central Texas entered their fifth day on Tuesday after heavy rainfall overwhelmed the Guadalupe River, sending floodwaters through homes and summer camps and killing over 100 people.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
8 July 2025
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Komodo dragons grow to be 10 feet long — the largest lizards on the planet — and are native to remote islands of Indonesia, according to zoo director Susan Altrui.—
Harley Walls,
arkansasonline.com,
8 July 2025
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Speed across planets, dive into lore, and get hooked.—
Parker Hall,
Wired News,
8 July 2025
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This premise reminds me a bit of George R. Stewart’s Storm, but with a more folkloric spin: a creative way to examine how humanity and nature relate, and how all life is knotted together.—
Literary Hub
July 1,
Literary Hub,
1 July 2025
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This combination of diagnostic capability with a conversational nature and flow is a key differentiator for Beauty Genius, which was unveiled by L’Oréal chief executive officer Nicolas Hieronimus at the 2024 Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas.—
Noor Lobad,
Footwear News,
1 July 2025
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Some of the best ways include the following: Garshick says that regular exfoliation, chemical or physical, helps to prevent the buildup of dead skin, and prevents the pores from becoming clogged.—
Audrey Noble,
Vogue,
1 July 2025
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Or maybe the closures were economically motivated, just not in the way they’re being framed, said Scott Nova, executive director of the Worker Rights Consortium.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
1 July 2025
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“World.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/world. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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