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The story has a deep pedigree and a built-in pathos; its intimate pain is inscribed on a mighty panorama of time, its doomed romanticism is anchored in quasi-universal domestic practicalities.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 23, 2015

It qualifies the absolute: fairly certain, virtual unanimity, quasi-universal.

From Time Magazine Archive

European criticism and the scruples of Maximilian must be satisfied by this appearance of a popular election and a quasi-universal suffrage.

From Maximilian in Mexico A Woman's Reminiscences of the French Intervention 1862-1867 by Stevenson, Sara Yorke

A consensus essential for the survival and well being of the community is reached by acknowledging forces from outside, and accepting their permanent and quasi-universal nature.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai

English, say the objectors, is spoken more or less everywhere, while Gaelic will never be able to claim the position of a quasi-universal language.

From The Glories of Ireland by Lennox, P. J.