How to Use universality in a Sentence

universality

noun
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  • There’s a universality to these scenes of the small rites of death.
    — Washington Post, 16 July 2021
  • Was that universality one of the pillars of the project?
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Oct. 2023
  • It’s this universality that suggests the nap dress will stand the test of time.
    — Anna Haines, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
  • That just says a lot about that the universality of that love story.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 6 May 2021
  • Yet the fate of universality resides not in the hands of those who betray it.
    — Agnès Callamard, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The universality among the new batch, as usual, was the quest for more playing time.
    — G Smith, NOLA.com, 2 Sep. 2020
  • And that universality is the saving grace of this Fringe show.
    — Matthew J. Palm, OrlandoSentinel.com, 14 May 2018
  • Now researchers have a way to turn that universality on and off.
    — Quanta Magazine, 31 July 2019
  • He’s felt the universality of the Catholic Church right here in Milwaukee.
    — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2023
  • More sleep, better sleep, classier sleep—in the process, the need for rest loses ever more of its universality.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 12 Oct. 2023
  • But the heart of the documentary’s message has to do with the film’s universality.
    — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 24 May 2022
  • In any case, universality is key to the charm of Barrera’s subject.
    — Lidija Haas, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2020
  • While the circumstances of the Supremes’ lives are specific, the universality of the story rings true.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2024
  • One part of that universality seems to be the difference between what’s said and what’s meant.
    — Lily Rothman, Time, 5 Mar. 2018
  • The irony of this all is that Shakespeare’s magic lies in the universality of his storytelling.
    — Banseka Kayembe, refinery29.com, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Her work is intimate, but with a universality that will tear down walls around even the most jaded of hearts.
    — cleveland.com, 24 Jan. 2018
  • The universality of the tests would help reduce any stigma.
    — Joe Sexton, ProPublica, 12 Oct. 2020
  • A year ago, Megan talked to Rolling Stone about her growing universality.
    — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2021
  • Most of the album’s songs revolve around love, and have a similar strain of universality in their themes.
    — Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader, 8 Feb. 2018
  • But part of the appeal of Spider-Man is his universality.
    — Christopher Kuo, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • This book spoke to me about the universality of our messy human-ness and the way a simple extended mercy can heal our shame.
    — Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 1 Aug. 2019
  • That vagueness reflects both the universality of the story’s themes and what the women know of the secular world, which is very little.
    — A.o. Scott, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Part of the reason for that can be attributed to the universality of the original story.
    — Lakshmi Gandhi, NBC News, 15 July 2019
  • Troy Maxson embodies the truth that the universality of the art isn’t in its sameness but in its differences.
    — A.o. Scott and Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2017
  • Whether this is proof of universality is a matter of opinion.
    — The Economist, 22 Aug. 2019
  • That big concept revered the universality of those dead or alive but forever lifelike in a print.
    — Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023
  • But the song’s two verses are where the emotional weight of this song packs the biggest punch, for their universality more than their specificity.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2019
  • The easy response would be to offer a message of comity and universality.
    — Andrew Yang, CNN, 3 Oct. 2021
  • There’s a certain universality to the dynamics of the story that does broaden it.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 10 Aug. 2024
  • That's the thing that sort of prevented me from total universality (laughs).
    — Ron Hart, Billboard, 24 May 2018

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