Universal
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1507 examples of Universal in a sentence
Water is a
universal
human right.
Now of course stress, particularly in our modern lifestyle, is a somewhat
universal
experience, right?
I mean, one idea that we hear quite a lot about now is
universal
basic income.
Most people when they speak about
universal
basic income, they actually mean national basic income.
So unless we have really
universal
and not national basic income, the deep problems are not going to go away.
There is no
universal
drama with a role in it for Homo sapiens.
Why do we think that stories by men are deemed to be of
universal
importance, and stories by women are thought to be merely about women?
I want to tell you about two examples of stories that are thought to be of
universal
importance: "E.T." and "Hamlet."
Men feel they have been given the mantle for
universal
communication, but of course, how could they be?
Only a small number of people are allowed to vote for those leaders, even though their impact is gigantic and almost
universal.
There have to be nurse-family partnerships; there has to be
universal
preschool; there have to be charter schools; there have to be college programs with wraparound programs for parents and communities.
It's got
universal
applicability.
Now, we've taken a small liberty here, because the impact of
universal
education and family planning resources are so inextricably intertwined that we chose to cut it right down the middle.
Illness is universal; access to care is not.
For all of human history, illness has been
universal
and access to care has not.
And so that's what I'm trying to do with my work, is to take these numbers, these statistics from the raw language of data, and to translate them into a more
universal
visual language, that can be felt.
The reason that refugees have rights around the world is because of extraordinary Western leadership by statesmen and women after the Second World War that became
universal
rights.
I hadn't realized this would be such a
universal
phrase.
Now, a scientist coming in and sampling this population discovers that green preferences are
universal.
So the point about this little abstract example is that while preferences for specific physical features can be arbitrary for the individual, if those features are heritable and they are associated with a reproductive advantage, over time, they become
universal
for the group.
The so-called
universal
attributes of beauty were selected for during the almost two million years of the Pleistocene.
The
universal
nature of beauty is changing even as we're changing the universe.
And they're simple, and they are globally, I think,
universal
principles.
Rhythmic flow, fluid and graceful, waves of serenity, smooth strings of purity, rains replenishing rapidly, rivers of dreams, raging springs covering earth in abundance,
universal
solvent dissolving, drink, liquid, life and power: water.
Early in my life, I was influenced by Senegal's first president, Léopold Sédar Senghor, nicknamed, "the poet president," who talked about a new humanism, a
universal
civilization, in which all cultures would come together around a communal table as equals, each bringing its own beautiful contribution to share.
I wanted to contribute to that
universal
civilization Senghor had described.
This tiny grain may provide big answers, reasserting its Dogon name, "po," the seed of the universe, and taking us one step closer to the
universal
civilization.
And the really amazing thing is that, to begin with, when I'm just talking to audiences and other people, you know, coming up in the film industry, the
universal
reaction is, "Oh my god!
But if our politicians can't agree on things like health care or even school lunches, I just don't see a path where they'll find consensus on something as big and as expensive as
universal
basic life income.
A
universal
language, of sorts.
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