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a reference work that contains information about many different subjects or a lot of information about a particular subject
The school library's encyclopedia occupied much of the bookshelf. an encyclopedia of literature
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This is not an encyclopedia but an essential tool for understanding wine’s complexities and its future.
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Jessica Dupuy, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
So, from exotic bucket lists to our expert advice on how to make use of your butler, take note of our encyclopedia of cruise tips.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Although that would probably technically be an encyclopedia.
—Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
The book is part encyclopedia, part lunar biography and even part travelogue.
—Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
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Jessica Dupuy, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
So, from exotic bucket lists to our expert advice on how to make use of your butler, take note of our encyclopedia of cruise tips.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Although that would probably technically be an encyclopedia.
—Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
The book is part encyclopedia, part lunar biography and even part travelogue.
—Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2024
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Around the time of Lubbock’s experiments with Van, a New York publisher produced a phonetic dictionary of some 600 cat sounds compiled by a Frenchman named Alphonse Leon Grimaldi.—
Camille Bromley Gabra Zackman Krish Seenivasan David Mason,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2025
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The term has been crowned 2024's word of the year by Australia's oldest dictionary of Australian English.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
27 Nov. 2024
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And a catalog of such objects could be valuable for planetary defense models assessing the impact risk of near-Earth objects, scientists say, as the models currently do not consider lunar ejecta as a potential source of near-Earth asteroids.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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But the premise of incorporating an extremely controversial — even frightening — sphere of technology into a catalog as globally cherished as the Beatles’ initially left some fans unnerved.—
August Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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Gavin Van Horn, known for his books The Way of Coyote, City Creatures, and the award-winning Kinship and Elementals series, offers a unique perspective as a writer and editor deeply immersed in exploring the ties between humans and the elemental forces of earth, air, water, and fire.—
PhotoVogue,
Vogue,
29 Jan. 2025
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The fact that his book doesn’t forget the body also means that the poet himself is embodied, experiencing desire, experiencing sensuality.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
29 Jan. 2025
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Many pediatricians have never even seen chickenpox outside of a textbook.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
28 Jan. 2025
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The founder of the Art Lawyers Association, Wilson holds law degrees from the Sorbonne and King’s College, London, and is the author of the legal textbook Art Law and the Business of Art.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Encyclopedia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encyclopedia. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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