the universe

noun

: all of space and everything in it including stars, planets, galaxies, etc.

Examples of the universe in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Over the next six years, the powerful space telescope will peer as far as ten billion light-years across the cosmos, constructing the largest 3D map of the universe to date. —

Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 May 2024 Maybe anything’s possible; and clearly anything’s possible because the universe happened. —

Elisabeth Egan, New York Times, 21 May 2024 Our heroes are searching for a missing girl who may hold the fate of the universe. —

Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024 First proposed in the 1970s, axions are conceived as ripples in a field that would extend throughout the universe. —

Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 17 May 2024 This was when the universe was mostly made of helium and hydrogen and did not have large amounts of other chemical elements like barium and strontium. —

Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 15 May 2024 Again, because the universe is in constant motion, every planet is subject to going retrograde at one point. —

Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 12 May 2024 My idea was to build the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the history of the universe. —

Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2024 Naturally the universe had other plans for my time in the office. —

Molly Lindsey, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024

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