universal agreement
collocation in Englishmeaningsofuniversalandagreement
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universal
adjective
uk/ˌjuː.nɪˈvɜː.səl/us/ˌjuː.nəˈvɝː.səl/
existing everywhere or ...
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agreement
noun
uk/əˈɡriː.mənt/us/əˈɡriː.mənt/
the situation in which people have the same opinion, or in which they approve of or ...
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(Definition ofuniversalandagreementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Yet, advocating peaceful methods does not mean there isuniversalagreementon a specific purpose.
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There appears to beuniversalagreementthat some sort of conformational change in the hammerhead ribozyme structure must take place for catalysis to occur.
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There have been many debates over gigantism in molluscs infected by trematodes, but nouniversalagreement.
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However, there is by no meansuniversalagreementon the relationship between descriptions of spoken language and methods, materials, and activities.
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There seems to be almostuniversalagreementthat breathing and posture are inextricably entwined.
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Secondly, there is nouniversalagreementon what kind of strategies were being followed, either individualistic or familial.
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In this section we will first clarify what we mean by ontologies, because there is nouniversalagreementon the meaning of this term.
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There is nouniversalagreementon what the level of consensus should be.
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However, the fact that message-passing separates transport and content decisions allows us to build a robust communication infrastructure without requiring prioruniversalagreementabout content.
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Secondly, village women were in almostuniversalagreementthat the male operation caused more problems than the female.
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That is, any differences among them will not rule outuniversalagreementconcerning certain religious teachings being anathema, and certain actions being uncontroversially morally wrong.
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This process does not and cannot guaranteeuniversalagreement, but when imaginatively pursued with "moral artistry," bioethics is narrative consensus.
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Fish argues that this move appeals to the existence of the ver yuniversalagreementthat the liberal insight previously declared to be unavailable.
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However, there is notuniversalagreementabout the rate increase.
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For one thing, it will depend upon one's account of why promises are morally binding in the first place, a matter on which there is nouniversalagreement.
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The fact that there has been such sustained dispute about fundamental moral principles suggests that there will be no constitutional principle that ought to commanduniversalagreementfrom reasonable persons.
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Universalagreementin the conclusions regarding the state of the evidence combined with input from local experts can help direct local evidence-based policy recommendations.
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Surely by now there is alsouniversalagreementthat if wages, salaries, and dividends outrun production we are moving along the road to inflation.
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