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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
Reaching out a hand to a stranger, being kind, and showing camaraderie during a time when the country and world feel so divided.
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Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2025
The immersive supernatural thriller once again places listeners inside a chilling world where faith, power, and survival collide.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 4 Oct. 2025
Aran dipped his toe into the film world in the 2022 movie Lola alongside The Witcher's Emma Appleton, but his biggest break yet was announced in 2024.
—Emy Lacroix, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
Here’s what happened in the Latin music world this week.
—Griselda Flores, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2025
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Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2025
The immersive supernatural thriller once again places listeners inside a chilling world where faith, power, and survival collide.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 4 Oct. 2025
Aran dipped his toe into the film world in the 2022 movie Lola alongside The Witcher's Emma Appleton, but his biggest break yet was announced in 2024.
—Emy Lacroix, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
Here’s what happened in the Latin music world this week.
—Griselda Flores, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for world
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These technologies are revolutionizing humanity’s ability to catalog Earth’s species, which are estimated to number 8 million—though perhaps far, far more—by illuminating the teeming life that so often eludes human observation.—
Marion Renault,
The Atlantic,
29 Sep. 2025
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Through their actions, humanity’s relationship to day and night was reinvented – often in ways that Edison never could have anticipated.—
Ernest Freeberg,
The Conversation,
29 Sep. 2025
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Running in parallel to the storylines of Piccard and Jones is the global race of the time where many prominent figures, from accomplished aviators to billionaire Richard Branson, were trying to become the first around-the-globe balloonists.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
28 Sep. 2025
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This includes simple measures like measuring wet-bulb globe temperatures—as read by a thermometer covered in a damp cloth to measure relative humidity—on their production floors.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
25 Sep. 2025
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This unique event dedicated to fandom, cosplay, role-playing games and the entire cross-media universe of comics is increasingly becoming an integral part of the Hollywood studios’ promotional push in Europe, ever since the Movie Area strand started 15 years ago.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
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Post-Lover, Swift completely killed pre-release singles in her musical universe.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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Even light, which zipped at breathtaking pace across the dark, took many human lifetimes to traverse a single galaxy.—
Angus Fletcher,
Big Think,
29 Sep. 2025
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Rebels could be brutal, even with all the discretion shots in the world, and it should be applauded for its dedication to showing a galaxy far, far away that feels doomed to remain fallen.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Sep. 2025
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Burning the coal from the two leases being sold in coming days would generate more than 1 billion tons of planet-warming carbon dioxide, according to a Department of Energy formula.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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In his universe, this will definitely be the feminine planet.—
William Earl,
Variety,
4 Oct. 2025
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Wisdom from on high — and down low Henry is philosophical by nature.—
Neal Rubin,
Freep.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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The changing of the leaves draws nature enthusiasts, often called leaf-peepers, to see the bright colors from Hudson Valley, New York to Boulder, Colorado, and Snoqualmie Valley, Washington.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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The way people typically die in intersections is often because of head-on and T-bone crashes, which the roundabout design addresses, Bryson said.—
Eric D. Lawrence,
USA Today,
28 Sep. 2025
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At the same time, there is a bit of a cost on the world stage to the way that the president presents the United States.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Sep. 2025
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Gallego urged the traveling public to be kind to airport workers.—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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While his core supporters remain loyal, sustained disapproval among the broader public could weaken his leverage in negotiations with Congress and erode confidence in his leadership.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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“World.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/world. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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