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as in humanity
human beings in general the whole world is waiting to see how this crisis will play out

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as in globe
the celestial body on which we live worried about the effects of pollution on the world

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as in universe
the whole body of things observed or assumed theories about the origin of the world

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as in galaxy
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 future of the dating world might be old-school matchmaking: Luxury dating services are taking off, Bloomberg reports. Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 27 June 2025 People may not be motivated to save the insects for their own sake, but a world without insects is a world without birds. Madeline Bodin, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025 Our copyright statutes were written for a world of photocopiers and cassette tapes, not cloud infrastructure and self-learning algorithms. Aron Solomon june 27, Literary Hub, 27 June 2025 Across the technology investing world, investors are scaling their bets on a seductive thesis: Generative AI will transform low-margin service businesses into high-margin software companies. Preston Fore, Fortune, 27 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for world
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Noun
  • And listing this doesn’t capture the sheer violation of humanity: ripping babies away from their mothers, damaging trans kids by denying them access to medical care, and abetting food apartheid by working to eliminate Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.
    Michael Pfleger, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
  • But already that sense—of their humanity, of our gratitude—has faded.
    Casey Cep, New Yorker, 28 June 2025
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  • Going rogue against the Director’s wishes, Eve turns her quest for vengeance into a rescue when a little girl is kidnapped, and globe trots from a neon New York nightclub to a snowy Austrian village full of murderous locals.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 5 June 2025
  • Known as one of the last privately held of the original eight big studios, RKO’s iconic tower and globe logo has lit movie and television screens for over 90 years.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 4 June 2025
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  • Wi Ha-jun has played several memorable supporting roles in series like Gyeongseong Creature and Little Women, before landing this breakout role in the Squid Game universe.
    Sara Merican, Deadline, 26 June 2025
  • Fresh singles from the Netflix reality universe — including Madison Errichiello and Amber Desiree from Love Is Blind, and Ollie Sutherland and Freddie Powell from Love is Blind UK — will look to couple up against Too Hot to Handle alum Jaylen Brown, Louis Russell and Lucy Syed.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2025
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  • The European Space Agency telescope is designed to make a 3D map of the universe by looking at billions of galaxies up to 10 billion light years away across one third of the sky.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 June 2025
  • Dotted with millions of stars, galaxies and nebulas, it was only occasionally crossed by a lone satellite.
    Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 18 June 2025
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  • The men’s team has already qualified for the World Cup in 2026, meaning a third appearance at a men’s World Cup for a nation of just over five million people.
    Adam Crafton, New York Times, 27 June 2025
  • Most of the strikes occur in the summer, killing 20 people each year, according to the NWS.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 26 June 2025
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  • Reading about him is almost like reading about someone who lived on a different planet.
    Rosemary Counter, Time, 25 June 2025
  • The crocs wandering the prehistoric Dominican Republic five million years ago were descended from carnivores that evolved back when dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus rex still roamed the planet.
    Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025
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  • But any government bringing its own military inside Iran’s borders should understand the nature of the country.
    Karl Vick, Time, 22 June 2025
  • Netflix has given some hints as to the nature of the final season of Outer Banks with new first-look pics and cast announcements.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 June 2025
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  • The trauma eventually seeped its way into Williamson’s writing.
    JP Mangalindan, Time, 19 June 2025
  • Gender dysphoria and confusion arise at different points of life, manifest in what even activists consider a fluid spectrum of ways, and have been abandoned by detransitioners.
    The Editors, National Review, 19 June 2025

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“World.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/world. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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