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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
But beyond the text on his screen there are entire worlds—of history, philosophy, and maybe even of love—in the stories and people he and AI conjure.
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Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
Their findings show that planets are far less common around stars in this late stage of life, suggesting that many close-orbiting worlds are likely destroyed as their stars expand, offering strong observational evidence of this dramatic planetary demise.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2025
Of course, there are different opinions and different people and different demands, not to mention different worlds.
—Bambina Wise, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2025
The Iranian-American businessman straddles two worlds.
—Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Best Gifts for 8-Year-Olds Shopping for gifts for 8-year-olds is the best of both worlds, in my opinion.
—Anja Webb, Parents, 6 Nov. 2025
But efficiency at scale is becoming more of a standard in both worlds.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
Here, a lesser play might lean heavily on a metaphorical lesson, with two men of different worlds reconciled through love, or devolve into confrontation and lurid melodrama.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025
The annual fundraising event, presented by Gucci, benefits the historic museum, and brought together figures from across the fashion, art, film, and music worlds.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2025
Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
Their findings show that planets are far less common around stars in this late stage of life, suggesting that many close-orbiting worlds are likely destroyed as their stars expand, offering strong observational evidence of this dramatic planetary demise.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2025
Of course, there are different opinions and different people and different demands, not to mention different worlds.
—Bambina Wise, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2025
The Iranian-American businessman straddles two worlds.
—Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Best Gifts for 8-Year-Olds Shopping for gifts for 8-year-olds is the best of both worlds, in my opinion.
—Anja Webb, Parents, 6 Nov. 2025
But efficiency at scale is becoming more of a standard in both worlds.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
Here, a lesser play might lean heavily on a metaphorical lesson, with two men of different worlds reconciled through love, or devolve into confrontation and lurid melodrama.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025
The annual fundraising event, presented by Gucci, benefits the historic museum, and brought together figures from across the fashion, art, film, and music worlds.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for worlds
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Some instructors, particularly in the humanities, told Claybaugh they’ve been forced to shorten reading lists and assign lighter material in response to student complaints.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
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The humanities program will work with the arts board's Folk & Traditional Arts Apprenticeship program to train master and apprentice Wisconsin folk artists in planning and producing public programs that showcase and contextualize cultural traditions, stories and histories.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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The budget would preserve NASA missions to Venus, Uranus and the Habitable Worlds Observatory that are meant to search for life on planets orbiting nearby stars, as well as the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which is slated for launch next year.—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
6 Jan. 2026
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As one of four special photographic effects supervisors credited on the 1968 classic — Trumbull, Wally Veevers and Tom Howard were the others — Pederson helped create stars, planets, spaceships and the unforgettable five-minute Star Gate sequence.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Jan. 2026
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Large language models that devoured the total creative output of humankind endlessly remix those inputs to illustrate fictional universes of bespoke media, almost indistinguishable from reality (and getting better every day).—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
20 Oct. 2025
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There’s been so many examples through the years of filmmakers planting all these seeds or proposing these big universes and imagining these big slates that never end up going anywhere.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Oct. 2025
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The dark-sky park, certified by light pollution authority DarkSky International, has incredibly inky nightscapes that help the stars, galaxies, and planets pop.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Nov. 2025
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Flares such as this one reveal the presence of incredibly large stars near the hearts of galaxies and shed light on the very structure of galaxies, Ford said.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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At the center, students can explore maps and globes, including modern ones and some that date back hundreds of years, sourced from around the world.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
9 Dec. 2025
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Jellyfish paperweight $33 Shop Now Snow globes that stay put are paperweights.—
Patricia Marx,
New Yorker,
22 Nov. 2025
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Wellington, New Zealand AP — There are easier ways to cross an ocean, but few are as slick or stylish as the remora’s whale-surfing joyride.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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Electric vehicles have accelerated the search for more efficient and affordable ways to power next-generation transport.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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In fact, Pittsburgh’s Black community boasted a symphony orchestra, a mandolin string quartet, an orphanage, and a long list of literary societies and fraternal organizations.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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The more fragile our societies become, the slower the transition away from fossil fuels.—
Natalie Unterstell,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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Just this year another team of scientists used Gaia data to look at 17,000 young stars—which tend to form right in the middle of the galaxy’s disk—and 3,400 Cepheid variables in a region of the Milky Way tens of thousands of light-years across.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
6 Nov. 2025
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Water bodies light-years away hold volumes of water trillions of times greater than Earth’s oceans.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Worlds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worlds. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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