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cosmos

[koz-mohs, -muhs] / ˈkɒz moʊs, -məs /


NOUN
ordered system
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Comic book versions of the Green Lantern toss around the power of the cosmos.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

Even in such small amounts, these elements are highly valuable to astronomers because they preserve clues about the history and chemical development of the cosmos.

From Science Daily Jul. 25, 2026

“The wall is made of rocks; rocks that the cosmos started creating about 4.5 billion years ago,” wrote one commenter on the local environmental site EcoRi.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Since the universe itself is about 13.7 billion years old, this cluster formed not long after the cosmos came into existence.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

The two chapters of Part One address three intellectual revolutions which transformed the way in which the cosmos was conceived.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

In many ways, the physics of these budding cosmoses are like the baby universes Hawking and Guth hatch inside black holes.

From Time Magazine Archive

You evidently fancy that cosmoses are born to all the faculty they shall ever have, like ducks: no such thing.

From Notes of a Son and Brother by Henry James




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