intergalactic
adjective
in·ter·ga·lac·tic
ˌin-tər-gə-ˈlak-tik 
1
: situated in or relating to the spaces between galaxies
2
: of, relating to, or occurring in outer space
intergalactic battles
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Giving life to an intergalactic game with a four-time NBA Most Valuable Player is worlds away from playing pickup at Mid-City Gym.
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Kyle Kensing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025
The ascending Sam Darnold to the intergalactic Justin Jefferson, for 97 yards, six points and one of the loudest crowd reactions of the year.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Evidence for this intergalactic conveyor belt was delivered by the Hubble Space Telescope in the form of 500,000 light-year-wide halos of hot ionized oxygen surrounding star-forming galaxies.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Jan. 2025
At the top of the cosmic hierarchy, giant groups of galaxies clump into sprawling, matter-rich filaments and sheets around gaping intergalactic voids, but past that, structure seems to peter out.
—Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2025
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Kyle Kensing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025
The ascending Sam Darnold to the intergalactic Justin Jefferson, for 97 yards, six points and one of the loudest crowd reactions of the year.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Evidence for this intergalactic conveyor belt was delivered by the Hubble Space Telescope in the form of 500,000 light-year-wide halos of hot ionized oxygen surrounding star-forming galaxies.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Jan. 2025
At the top of the cosmic hierarchy, giant groups of galaxies clump into sprawling, matter-rich filaments and sheets around gaping intergalactic voids, but past that, structure seems to peter out.
—Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2025
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“Intergalactic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intergalactic. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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intergalactic
adjective
in·ter·ga·lac·tic
ˌint-ər-gə-ˈlak-tik
: located in or relating to the spaces between galaxies
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