Adjective an idea with universal appeal a pattern that is universal across all cultures
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Adjective
Given fentanyl’s near-universal presence, a small handful of cities has acquired more advanced tools for checking the drug supply. Lev Facher, STAT, 11 Sep. 2022 Oklahoma has offered near-universal preschool access since 1998.oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2022 This summer’s vest wearers are united by their own rebellion: a near-universal refusal to wear anything underneath à la ’90s-era role models like Julia Roberts and Drew Barrymore. Rebecca Malinsky, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022 Joblessness soared, imports plummeted and poverty reached near-universal levels.New York Times, 8 Aug. 2022 Maybe near-universal adoration these days is too comfortable for Charles Barkley, whose defiance of expectations and distaste of decorum have been central to his entire existence. Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 22 July 2022 Sert, who was by his own account at the pavilion constantly during its four-month run, was struck by the almost-universal disdain. Hugh Eakin, The Atlantic, 12 July 2022 The law passed through the state legislature with near-universal support from both Republicans and Democrats.Fox News, 10 July 2022 In conclusion, imagery’s ability to convey more information than words alone has made visualization a near-universal communications strategy that continues to withstand the test of time. Scott Williams, Forbes, 7 July 2022
Noun
With a soaring stock market and historically low unemployment levels, there was no universal, pressing economic anxiety or crisis that Biden could soothe. Emily Larsen, Washington Examiner, 17 Apr. 2020 The descriptions of leaving the body and blissful unity with the universal seem almost scripted from religious beliefs about souls leaving the body at death and ascending toward heavenly bliss. Robert Martone, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2019 Many of the universals that hold up best are negative.The Economist, 22 Aug. 2019 If there are universals among their tactics, they are probably linked to shared evolutionary history or shared strategies for hijacking a host.Quanta Magazine, 30 May 2019 May 2019) Antonello’s real subjects are universals rather than particulars: love, despair, sorrow, amusement, and, above all, light.The New York Review of Books, 9 May 2019 Her platform includes abolishing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), making healthcare universal for all Americans, paid family leave, and more. Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 27 June 2018 Patriarchal capitalism has arguably had a vested interest in promoting the latter idea as a human universal: as the Marxist psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich pointed out, with women providing free housework and caregiving, capitalists could pay men less. Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2018 Like any good storyteller, Sean Dorsey has a knack for distilling the universal from the specific. Claudia Bauer, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2018 See More
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin universalis, from universum universe