universal
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Thanks to four years as vice president and two presidential bids, her name identification is universal, and she has demonstrated the ability to raise mounds of money.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
Espinosa, a former foreign minister of Ecuador, has called the United Nations the only universal platform for handling humanity's common challenges, but also wants deeper reform of the world body.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
As there is no universal vaccine for dengue, treatment often involves managing pain with medication such as paracetamol.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Son put his finger to his lips in the universal “shhh” sign and then did his patented camera celebration — click! — miming a snapshot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
Any parent of a child born on a major holiday knows that there’s already a certain line to be walked between an individual celebration and more universal festivities.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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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
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Power Prefix: uni-
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Four Power Prefixes: anti-, con-, inter-, and uni-.
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