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universal

[yoo-nuh-vur-suhl] / ˌyu nəˈvɜr səl /


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Indexed universal life insurance is a type of permanent life insurance with returns linked to a stock-market index rather than a direct stock investment.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

The benefits ranged from universal credit, pension credit to carer's allowance and warm homes discount.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

The response from app designers could be swift and dramatic: Think universal TikTok-style censorship and aughts-era chronological scroll, experts said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

The titles our readers suggested, gathered here chronologically, have both personal and universal resonance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

If heredity too had a universal natural law, then it was likely influencing the genesis of peas as much as the genesis of humans.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee