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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
In their virtual world, Canada is trying to improve their reaction time and better execute Marsch’s brand of lightning-fast soccer.
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Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 17 June 2026
Meaning, purpose, connection, place, value, identity, control — all of our human pillars are potentially shifting with the advent of an AI world.
—Nancy Colier, Baltimore Sun, 17 June 2026
Hirsch is also the founder and owner of comedy club Carolines on Broadway, a cornerstone of the comedy world for more than four decades.
—William Earl, Variety, 17 June 2026
In a world where so much creation is becoming virtual, working with installations, dancers, and physical presence is a way of returning to something concrete.
—Alma Rota, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026
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Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 17 June 2026
Meaning, purpose, connection, place, value, identity, control — all of our human pillars are potentially shifting with the advent of an AI world.
—Nancy Colier, Baltimore Sun, 17 June 2026
Hirsch is also the founder and owner of comedy club Carolines on Broadway, a cornerstone of the comedy world for more than four decades.
—William Earl, Variety, 17 June 2026
In a world where so much creation is becoming virtual, working with installations, dancers, and physical presence is a way of returning to something concrete.
—Alma Rota, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for world
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If that occurs, The Economist’s two-track internet may be remembered as one of the earliest signs that humanity had begun constructing a parallel universe of knowledge for a new form of intelligence.—
Sreedhar Potarazu,
Baltimore Sun,
20 June 2026
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Koller remains optimistic about humanity's future with AI, believing many will strive for greater achievements.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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That happens when the wet-bulb globe temperature, which includes temperature, humidity, cloud cover and wind, reads above about 95 degrees, though some people will be more heat tolerant.—
Dorany Pineda,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
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Around a quarter of the games at this year’s competition are expected to be played above 26 degrees Celsius, or nearly 79 degrees Fahrenheit, on the wet-bulb globe temperature (WBGT) scale, according to an analysis by the climate science group World Weather Attribution.—
Chris Stokel-Walker,
Scientific American,
19 June 2026
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Satellite, rocket and robotics startups are in testing Outside of the trillion-dollar-plus tech stock universe, several startups are also eyeing the skies.—
Bob Woods,
CNBC,
21 June 2026
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This analysis used the US stock market as defined by the CRSP/Compustat universe, but excluded microcaps, very small companies.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
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In one Zooniverse project related to the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, volunteers will visually inspect and annotate 2D slitless spectroscopic images from the telescope to observe the redshift of millions of galaxies — the main method used for measuring the expansion of the universe.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
21 June 2026
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Thus, dark matter annihilation is only a factor when this mysterious stuff is densely clustered in a region like the heart of a galaxy.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
21 June 2026
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Harry and his wife Meghan, who live in California, left the UK for North America in 2020 after stepping back from royal life, and have since been involved in a long-running, public falling out with his family.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
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Nothing is more important than the safety and well-being of our people, our customers, and the riding public.—
Bri Buckley,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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The probe will then use our planet’s gravity to pick up speed for an encounter with another binary asteroid in the Trojan cloud trailing Jupiter in 2033.—
Lee Billings,
Scientific American,
18 June 2026
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As our planet gets hotter, mandating hydration breaks and changing where, when and how sports are played will be necessary.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 June 2026
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The sentient spaceship named the Andromeda Ascendant was a cool touch, and the show's upbeat nature won over loyal genre audiences.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
17 June 2026
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Prior research has found more than 70% of all ultraprocessed foods fit the definition of hyperpalatable — combinations of sugar, refined carbs, sodium and fat that are not found in nature.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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Only Burnham, his allies said, could stem the party’s electoral decline in a way that the hugely unpopular Starmer cannot.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
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The most common way to enrich uranium is by spinning uranium gas in a centrifuge, where lighter U-235 separates from the heavier U-238.—
Adithi Ramakrishnan,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
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“World.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/world. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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