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as in humanities
human beings in general
the whole world is waiting to see how this crisis will play out
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as in planets
the celestial body on which we live
worried about the effects of pollution on the world
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as in universes
the whole body of things observed or assumed
theories about the origin of the world
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as in galaxies
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 worlds
Andrew Webster is an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pokémon video game.
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Andrew Webster, The Verge, 5 Feb. 2026
Some in the company felt that Chapek was elevating the MBAs over the people actually creating the characters and worlds that Disney was best known for.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
Unlike most shows, The Game —which follows the wild lives of star football players and the women who make their worlds go round —debuted as an original on The CW in 2006.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
The Swiss team skipped by Benoît Schwarz-van Berkel won silver at those worlds.
—Matt Slater, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
This bracelet offers the best of both worlds with red fabric cord on one side and a double chain on the other, providing a wonderful gift for those who are dashing towards their new year dreams.
—Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 4 Feb. 2026
Nearly six years after Iger’s seismic move – which stunned the media and business worlds and came just prior to the devastation of Covid and when the exec was well shy of his 70th birthday – his motivations to leave remain largely a mystery.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026
Even though the software is extremely limited right now—people can explore their AI worlds for only one minute—investors worry the service may eventually diminish the influence of major studios.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 3 Feb. 2026
Through a reassessment of habitable zone models and boundary calculations, this study expands the range of worlds considered potentially habitable, revealing new targets in the search for life.
—Victoria Corless, Space.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Andrew Webster, The Verge, 5 Feb. 2026
Some in the company felt that Chapek was elevating the MBAs over the people actually creating the characters and worlds that Disney was best known for.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026
Unlike most shows, The Game —which follows the wild lives of star football players and the women who make their worlds go round —debuted as an original on The CW in 2006.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 4 Feb. 2026
The Swiss team skipped by Benoît Schwarz-van Berkel won silver at those worlds.
—Matt Slater, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
This bracelet offers the best of both worlds with red fabric cord on one side and a double chain on the other, providing a wonderful gift for those who are dashing towards their new year dreams.
—Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 4 Feb. 2026
Nearly six years after Iger’s seismic move – which stunned the media and business worlds and came just prior to the devastation of Covid and when the exec was well shy of his 70th birthday – his motivations to leave remain largely a mystery.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026
Even though the software is extremely limited right now—people can explore their AI worlds for only one minute—investors worry the service may eventually diminish the influence of major studios.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 3 Feb. 2026
Through a reassessment of habitable zone models and boundary calculations, this study expands the range of worlds considered potentially habitable, revealing new targets in the search for life.
—Victoria Corless, Space.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for worlds
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Tyler Austin Harper on the multibillion-dollar foundation that controls the humanities.—
David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 2026
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Framed as disposable Sociology is often framed as disposable in ways that history or English never would be, even as the future of the humanities is being endlessly debated.—
Wendy Nelson Espeland,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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In fact, the Sun sign is merely one morsel of the ten planets that make up a birth chart (the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto).—
Lisa Stardust,
Vogue,
14 Feb. 2026
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What's happening with the new race to the moon and other planets?—
Space.com Staff,
Space.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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And Paul Bonner is boyishly awkward as Jason, a sci-fi story writer who believes in parallel universes.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
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Though, those alternate universes in Everything Everywhere might just work as a vehicle for showing audiences a myriad of worldly possibilities, says Yeoh.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Feb. 2026
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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,
13 Feb. 2026
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Mingarelli and colleagues hunted for supermassive black hole binaries using their new approach in 114 Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs), the bright central regions of galaxies where supermassive black holes are ravenously feasting on surrounding gas and dust.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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Dancers execute choreography with four to as many as 50 hoops, creating intricate designs such as animals and globes.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The sound globes rotated 340 degrees to project a cone of sound and could be tuned to re-create the environment in which the music was originally recorded—a concert hall, cathedral, nightclub, or opera house.—
Allison Marsh,
IEEE Spectrum,
24 Jan. 2026
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The cuts are not uniform, with areas of the campus scaling back in different ways.—
Jaweed Kaleem,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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This can be done in different ways, such as retrofitting a facility to emit directly into a storage location or by building vacuumlike structures to suck up emissions.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Feb. 2026
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Newman’s work has been welcomed by reformers and those who have been arguing, for years, in favor of British reparations to societies that have borne the legacy of its slaving activities.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2026
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But the key is that wise societies weigh costs against benefits.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Feb. 2026
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What was intriguing about this was the fact that the TDE occurred around 10,000 light-years away from the center of this galaxy, where its supermassive black hole dwells.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
18 Feb. 2026
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Situated some 3,000 light-years away in the constellation Corona Borealis is a binary star system poised for a rare thermonuclear display.—
Michael d'Estries,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Worlds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worlds. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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