How to Use cosmology in a Sentence

cosmology

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  • 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
  • And how did that interest turn to theoretical physics and cosmology?
    — Janna Levin, Quanta Magazine, 29 Aug. 2024

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