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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
The message stirred something in people well beyond the sports world.
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Rebecca Shore Winn, Southern Living, 18 Feb. 2026
Might be a nice world to be immersed in for a while.
—Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026
Shinomiya pays detailed attention to everything on screen, crafting not just the faces and emotions of the characters, but also all the other creatures, natural landforms and skies of this story world.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026
The move into video is a long time coming; the duo signed with CAA in 2023 and have regularly talked about moving into the TV world.
—Peter White, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2026
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Rebecca Shore Winn, Southern Living, 18 Feb. 2026
Might be a nice world to be immersed in for a while.
—Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026
Shinomiya pays detailed attention to everything on screen, crafting not just the faces and emotions of the characters, but also all the other creatures, natural landforms and skies of this story world.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026
The move into video is a long time coming; the duo signed with CAA in 2023 and have regularly talked about moving into the TV world.
—Peter White, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for world
Noun
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The edgy series lasted two seasons and took on some hot topics like identity, gender, sexuality, conformity and the notion of empathy as an evolving construct of humanity.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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There is much to share regarding his wishes, love for humanity and the sacredness of time.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2026
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The correspondence places Barrack, a globe-trotting billionaire, among a circle of wealthy and influential figures who maintained social contact with Epstein even as his criminal history became widely known.—
Daniel Ruetenik,
CBS News,
14 Feb. 2026
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His first ever case unravels a globe-trotting conspiracy that changes his life forever.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2026
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Selecting good dividend stocks from a vast universe of companies can be challenging.—
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CNBC,
15 Feb. 2026
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For game developers, each separate universe is an enticing sandbox to play in.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
15 Feb. 2026
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That, in turn, affects models of how elements are spread through galaxies, since supernovae are major sources of heavy elements like iron.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Feb. 2026
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Astronaut John Crichton falls into a wormhole and emerges in a remote galaxy where he's rescued by a sentient spaceship named Moya and its colorful convict crew.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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An accomplished Caltech astrophysicist with more than four decades of research contributions in galactic astronomy and the study of distant planets was fatally shot in a rural area of Antelope Valley on Monday morning.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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At that point, our planet will be gone completely.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
20 Feb. 2026
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The grant is part of the Prebys Foundation’s Healing Through Arts and Nature initiative to help community groups provide arts, culture and nature to support healing for community members across San Diego County.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
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Witness the scale and ferocity of nature’s most powerful forces – from hurricanes and flash floods to droughts and bushfires – and discover the ingenious ways nature endures, adapts and prevails against these new extremes.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
18 Feb. 2026
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Why Madagascar hissing cockroaches are actually romantic Naming a roach for Valentine’s Day is a great gag, but also these critters are capable of hissing their way into your heart.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
13 Feb. 2026
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But the way the investigation is being carried out is leaving people with some doubts.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
13 Feb. 2026
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The proceeding will also serve as a public reckoning in a case long viewed as one of Austin’s gravest miscarriages of justice — effectively functioning as an official acknowledgment that the men were wrongfully accused and prosecuted.—
Austin Sanders,
Austin American Statesman,
18 Feb. 2026
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When, instead, another Black Democrat from Chicago, Barack Obama, headed toward the Democratic nomination in 2008, Jackson’s frustration spilled into public with a vulgar criticism of Obama caught on microphone.—
Johanna Neuman,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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“World.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/world. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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