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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
Drawing from that inspiration, Corbett tapped into his own vast Rolodex in the hockey world and got in touch with a couple of people who are on the HHOF committee, both of whom were sympathetic to his cause.
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Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
Sara Schiff is a wife, mother, writer, neuropsychologist and previous world record holder.
—Sara Schiff, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
Here’s what happened in the Latin music world this week.
—Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 8 Nov. 2025
Her depiction of everyday human interaction is rich and persuasive, but the larger world her characters inhabit feels underdeveloped.
—Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 8 Nov. 2025
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Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 8 Nov. 2025
Sara Schiff is a wife, mother, writer, neuropsychologist and previous world record holder.
—Sara Schiff, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
Here’s what happened in the Latin music world this week.
—Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 8 Nov. 2025
Her depiction of everyday human interaction is rich and persuasive, but the larger world her characters inhabit feels underdeveloped.
—Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 8 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for world
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Instead, Chenoweth finds the humanity inside the caricature, capturing the contradictions that made Jackie a pop-culture fascination — her drive for success, her humor, and yes, even her delusion to keep believing in a fantasy when the walls around her are literally crumbling.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
10 Nov. 2025
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But as his humanity gives way to myth, Vader remains haunted by the promises of the dark side, seeking the ultimate power that his master has hinted at but withheld — the power to conquer death itself.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Sir Rod Stewart has extended his globe-hopping One Last Time tour yet again.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
7 Nov. 2025
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At the center of the exhibition is a sculpture of Matthew Fontaine Maury, a Confederate naval officer and pioneering oceanographer, who stands in front of an enormous bronze globe.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
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Always Greener, which scored 15 nominations on the annual Brit List, is a high concept script that follows a struggling artist, haunted by past failure, who is given a one-in-a-million chance to become his rich and successful doppelganger from a parallel universe.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
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Panpsychists don’t believe in anything supernatural or outside the physical universe.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Nov. 2025
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The idea is that these are machines capable of mining resources, replicating and spreading through the galaxy over millions of years.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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Oscar Isaac isn't planning on a return to a galaxy far away right now, but the star is open to the possibility — on one condition.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Nov. 2025
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Turns out, these androids have been sent to the planet to capture the Kalisk for the Weyland-Yutani corporation's nefarious secret research purposes.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Nov. 2025
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To better understand how solar wind energy interacts with Mars’ atmosphere and magnetic environment, and how that might have altered the planet's surface, NASA and the University of California, Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory are sending twin orbiters to the Red Planet.—
Matthew Glasser,
ABC News,
8 Nov. 2025
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Crown and dignity Catalina Ruiz Navarro, a Colombian feminist activist and journalist based in Mexico City, argued that the nature of beauty pageants like Miss Universe places women in a patriarchal position.—
Anabella González,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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Plus, the very nature of recording your live stream of thoughts means a lot of editing later down the line.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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On Friday night the Supreme Court granted the request to block full SNAP payments as the case works its way through the courts.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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And the biggest November snowfall ever recorded in the city is 12 inches, all the way back in 1895.—
Briana Waxman,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
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If this year’s March and June get-togethers were learning exercises — including for the staff after Tuchel began work in January — the next two and the one starting today (Sunday) are all about creating an atmosphere the players and the English public can all buy into.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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And to get to play these characters that are layered and complex and multidimensional is really fun — anything where there's a public and a private life, and a secret, and different elements at play, and having to keep different balls in the air is really fulfilling and fun.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Nov. 2025
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“World.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/world. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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