How to Use cosmology in a Sentence
cosmology
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Not so long ago, a presidential candidate would or could be held accountable, at least to some extent, for their views on ocean health, the internet, vaccination, or cosmology.
— Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2024 -
Each of the four ages in Hindu cosmology, in fact, is thought to be named for a throw of the dice.
— Idrees Kahloon, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024 -
The game of cosmology in the latter half of the 20th century was to go deep.
— Paul Sutter Astrophysicist, Fox News, 30 June 2017 -
That doesn't mean that cosmology is off the hook, though.
— John Timmer, Ars Technica, 4 Apr. 2023 -
The researchers want to use this study to spin off a whole new area of cosmology research.
— Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 14 Apr. 2021 -
The cracks in cosmology were supposed to take a while to appear.
— Quanta Magazine, 20 Jan. 2023 -
The dual nature of rain is also present in the cosmology of the Aztecs who named their rain god Tlāloc.
— Deborah Netburnstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2023 -
That’s a happy meld, those three men, that will always be a part of my cosmology through the song.
— Hilary Hughes, Billboard, 21 June 2018 -
Gone was the cosmology of hell realms and hungry ghosts and karma and rebirth.
— David Kortava, Harper's Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021 -
The fact that this does not happen is one of the great mysteries of modern cosmology.
— The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 11 Mar. 2024 -
Yolngu cosmology is a lot harder to grasp than the visual power of the clans’ art.
— Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2023 -
Or maybe twenty years is enough time to orient oneself to the band’s unique cosmology.
— Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022 -
Charles Yuen Yuen’s paintings are tense and alive with his cosmology and inner life.
— Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 9 May 2023 -
The finding tipped the balance firmly in favor of the big bang picture of cosmology.
— Martin Rees, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2020 -
The consequences for him are outsized to the action in my moral cosmology, right?
— Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 May 2023 -
Twenty short chapters explore Norse cosmology from the nine worlds attached to the roots of the great ash tree, Yggdrasill, to the twilight of the gods of Asgard.
— Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2017 -
In Hindu cosmology, Shiva is the god from whom all life emanates, the god of destruction and lord of time.
— Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023 -
Cosmology deals with the big questions of the universe, often the same questions that keep philosophers up at night.
— Yvette Cendes, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2017 -
The 1,300-mile road trip looms large in the cosmology of Ruscha and, by extension, of modern American art.
— Mark Rozzo, Vanities, 30 May 2018 -
Stephen Hawking, the titan of cosmology who passed away March 13 at the age of 76, made his name hypothesizing about the past—all of it.
— David Meyer, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2018 -
Pisani teaches a course there in cosmology—the structure and evolution of the universe.
— Michael D. Lemonick, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024 -
According to him, to know is to shatter, to pull apart; a state of knowledge is an exposure of a diverse cosmology that claims to unite a whole.
— Hisham Matar, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024 -
Aztec cosmology held that 13 heavens were arranged in layers above the Earth.
— Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2021 -
Famed for his work on cosmology, black holes, and the basic laws of the universe, Hawking was among the most recognizable faces in science.
— James Rogers, Fox News, 14 Mar. 2018 -
The first half of the book is largely devoted to recounting the history of big bang cosmology.
— Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 16 July 2022 -
Cannabis While all Master Plants (a plant that can teach you a lesson) have an important role in nature and our society, cannabis has a unique role in the cosmology of the plants.
— Philip Wolf, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2023 -
Now, for a little refresher, here is a guide to the Rolling Stone critical cosmology.
— Rolling Stone, 24 June 2024 -
The pre-bang universe has become the latest frontier of cosmology.
— Gabriele Veneziano, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2012 -
Why is it considered a triumph that the standard model of cosmology doesn’t say what 95 percent of the universe is?
— Dennis Overbye, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2023 -
That’s smack-dab on top of the theoretical prediction, seeming to confirm the standard model of cosmology.
— Liz Kruesi, WIRED, 8 Sep. 2024
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