alternate universe

collocation in English

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alternate
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɒlˈtɜː.nət/us
/ˈɑːl.tɝː.nət/
with first one thing, then another thing, and then the first ...
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universe
noun
uk
/ˈjuː.nɪ.vɜːs/us
/ˈjuː.nə.vɝːs/
everything that exists, especially all physical matter, including all the stars, planets, galaxies, etc. ...
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(Definition ofalternateanduniversefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Following this, variousalternateuniversestories dealt with the character's life, giving him various names.
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This creates analternateuniversethat future authors can write about.
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Analternateuniversestoryline that has challenged this notion.
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The villain is eventually defeated and banished to analternateuniverse.
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Isler also enjoyed seeing thealternateuniverseone more time, but felt it was too short-lived.
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They live in a monastery in analternateuniverse.
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A more accurate, or appropriate term, would bealternateuniverse, or parallel worlds.
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They are not seen in thealternateuniverseas they do not exist on that timeline.
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The animation style is different and the story is set in analternateuniverse.
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I also wonder how it fits in with thealternateuniverse.
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It is a parallel series set in analternateuniverse/parallel earth.
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This paradox creates analternateuniverseand forever ends the contact with the original 1998.
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This version was subsequently revealed to be analternateuniverseversion.
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The villains successfully create analternateuniversethat differs significantly from the original.
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But even in thisalternateuniverse, he continues his fight against evil.
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The review concluded that the story's commingling of comedy, brutality and fantasy evokes a richalternateuniversewith a spitfire young woman as its brightest star.
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Magic also works in thisalternateuniverse.
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This is the first indication in the audio dramas that they take place in analternateuniverseto that of the book series.
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In the show'salternateuniverse, the statue has not acquired a green patina and is its original copper color.
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They soon learn that he has discovered analternateuniverse, accessible through a closet in an old farmhouse, and they decide to rescue him.
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