universe-wide adv.

across or throughout the entire universe

  • 1953 M. Clifton The Kenzie Report in Worlds of If May 72/1 page image Mark Clifton bibliography

    Those radiations…happen to be communications between the galaxies—beamed at the ants. Sort of a continuous radio program broadcast universe wide.

  • 1980 A. Slote The Last Dinosaur in The Devil Rides with Me 70 page image Alfred Slote bibliography

    Sir Cedric was widely recognized by everyone as….[a] man whose appetite for destruction ranged universe wide.

  • 1996 M. W. Bonanno Preternatural xi. 177 page image Margaret Wander Bonanno bibliography

    ‘We’re back with our special guest Max Neimark, known and loved by millions nationwide—can we say worldwide?’ ‘Worldwide. Why not?…. Why not galaxy-wide?’ He shrugs at the audience. ‘Universe-wide?’ They applaud.

  • 2001 D. Galanter & G. Brodeur Maximum Warp: Book Two of Two (Star Trek: The Next Generation) xix. 192 page image Dave Galanter Greg Brodeur bibliography

    I believe the dimensional scans are being conducted universe-wide.

Research requirements

antedating 1953
Earliest cite

Mark Clifton, in Worlds of If

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