universal
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She also noted that the mayor has fixed more than 170,000 potholes, expanded universal child care, and balanced the budget amid a $12 billion deficit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Now 84, Sanders has advocated for universal healthcare since the 1970s while watching Americans fall deeper into medical debt.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
Hardware is a universal classic — as much as diamonds or pearls are a universal classic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
"It's an exciting advancement that brings us closer to realizing the dream of a single assay for universal disease detection."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
The ethos of atomic physics—the relentless drive to find irreducible particles, universal mechanisms, and systematic explanations—would soon permeate biology and drive the discipline toward new methods and new questions.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
By identifying which universals truly stand up to rigorous testing, the study helps narrow the focus for future research.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 5, 2026
Appealing to universals, Mr. Blair recognizes the basic physiological realities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025
“The book touches on many universals, one of which is the ever-present problem of tyranny,” Rivera says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2024
“But the search for universals took place in only one corner of the language universe.”
From Scientific American ● Oct. 18, 2023
Maybe the world wasn’t made of universals that could be summed up in neat little packages.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
Vocabulary lists containing universal
Power Prefix: uni-
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Four Power Prefixes: anti-, con-, inter-, and uni-.
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