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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
How the season unfolded was worlds away from what many people anticipated after Verstappen secured four wins in the first five races, some of them by a significant margin.
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Luke Smith, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
As the duo work together on a script Desmond has written, Gillis becomes caught in her web and stuck between two worlds, ultimately leading to tragedy.
—Emily Burns, WWD, 23 Dec. 2024
The final piece, Artemis, is aimed to be the culmination of in-house technology that could host millions of players inside large-scale worlds at once.
—Diego Argüello, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024
Kingdom Hearts has already done pirates, and it's already done a few space worlds, so why not combine the two?
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Even worlds beyond our cosmic neighborhood have names, albeit often very boring ones.
—Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
The obstacle is making it so a large influx of players is able to access said worlds, rather than player bubbles who have really good internet bandwidth.
—Diego Argüello, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024
Andrea had always worked hard to fit into her parents’ worlds.
—Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Eggers and his go-to production designer Craig Lathrop also put a unique emphasis on building realistic worlds—their production design strives extra hard to close gaps between Eggers’s olden aesthetic and the modern audience’s perception.
—Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 23 Dec. 2024
Luke Smith, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
As the duo work together on a script Desmond has written, Gillis becomes caught in her web and stuck between two worlds, ultimately leading to tragedy.
—Emily Burns, WWD, 23 Dec. 2024
The final piece, Artemis, is aimed to be the culmination of in-house technology that could host millions of players inside large-scale worlds at once.
—Diego Argüello, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024
Kingdom Hearts has already done pirates, and it's already done a few space worlds, so why not combine the two?
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Even worlds beyond our cosmic neighborhood have names, albeit often very boring ones.
—Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
The obstacle is making it so a large influx of players is able to access said worlds, rather than player bubbles who have really good internet bandwidth.
—Diego Argüello, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024
Andrea had always worked hard to fit into her parents’ worlds.
—Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Eggers and his go-to production designer Craig Lathrop also put a unique emphasis on building realistic worlds—their production design strives extra hard to close gaps between Eggers’s olden aesthetic and the modern audience’s perception.
—Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 23 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for worlds
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Both planets are close to their brightest for some time but behave very differently.Jamie Carter, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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In contrast, Venus-like planets on the inner edge of extrasolar habitable zones are thought to have what is known as stagnant lid geophysics in which there is no systematic carbon recycling of the planet’s atmosphere.Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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While many galaxies copiously form stars, the Milky Way is relatively quiet.Big Think, Big Think, 23 Dec. 2024
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Our galactic home in the cosmos — the Milky Way — is only one of trillions of galaxies within our Universe.Big Think, Big Think, 23 Dec. 2024
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Many people will find their holiday season populated by conflict, but in the past that has meant literal war for the Duke of Sussex.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
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The box was filled with messages, mainly from children, but also from people asking the fairies to help guide them through their grief.Windsor Johnston, NPR, 22 Dec. 2024
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Leverage Cross-Functional AI Task Forces One of the most effective ways to align AI strategy with employee needs is by establishing cross-functional AI task forces.Kolawole Samuel Adebayo, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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As the liturgical season of Advent comes to a close, here are three different ways people around the world celebrate the season – with food.Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
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These one-off events throughout history have resulted in disastrous demographic drops, but societies almost always bounce back.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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Xi must know that old societies tend to be pacific and that China is getting old fast.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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This is understandable because Western publics are not prepared for such a move, and many would not support it.Shane Croucher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024
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In the years following World War II, publics in Europe especially believed the United States was exercising its power in relatively benign ways that helped to lay the foundations for a liberal order.Richard Wike, Foreign Affairs, 8 Jan. 2020
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“Worlds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/worlds. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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