bibliography

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Recent Examples of bibliography During a demonstration, an OpenAI employee showed how the software could automatically find and incorporate relevant scientific literature, then format the bibliography. — ArsTechnica, 29 Jan. 2026 The funniest part of BookTok fame has been seeing fans discover how extensive her bibliography is. — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025 Hilton Als, a staff writer who has written about Baldwin many times, joined us to share a few essential entries from Baldwin’s bibliography. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025 Like Tolstoy, John Steinbeck’s bibliography is chockablock with classics worth a read. — Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 8 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bibliography
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bibliography
  1. index
  2. compendium
  3. glossary
  4. compilation
  5. list
  6. docket
  7. directory
  8. inventory
Noun
  • The sweetener is now up about 20% in 2026, versus the nearly 13% advance for the broad market index.
    — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The rate is tied to a benchmark index, like the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR).
    — Rebecca Safier, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of index
Noun
  • But before streaming made separating singles wheat from album chaff almost free and very easy, greatest-hits compendiums were ubiquitous, a way for the industry to turn early investment into real profit.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Off Ramp is many things—a useful compendium of research on polarization and political violence, a candid memoir of Cox’s uneven attempts at peacemaking, a practical handbook for Americans who want to rediscover how to live with one another.
    — McKay Coppins, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of compendium
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  • Many of them supplement the text with photographs, epigraphs, glossaries, family trees, sketches, timelines, variant tables of contents, alternating fonts and notes to the reader.
    — Christopher Coffman, The Conversation, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Regulations forced enterprises to spend massive amounts of capital and resources mapping out technical metadata, business glossaries, taxonomies, ontologies and data lineage.
    — Barney Krishnan, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of glossary
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  • The compilation returns to multiple rankings across the Atlantic and even scores the singer-songwriter her first leader on one tally.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Many of the songs on this album are shared among other Parton projects — hits compilations and studio albums.
    — Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of compilation
Noun
  • Shanahan needs 11 wins to pass Walsh on the franchise’s wins list as a head coach.
    — Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • But if aesthetics are also on your priority list, the Go 5 brings the flair with ambient lighting along its upper and lower edges.
    — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of list
Noun
  • His district takes a median of 29 days to close a case and has cleared nearly 80% of its habeas docket.
    — Carla Astudillo, ProPublica, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The case was referred to a mental health docket, with treatment ordered in lieu of conviction.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of docket
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  • Because most of the unredacted logs listed only the officers’ initials, reporters spent weeks scouring agencies’ websites, city staff directories, statewide badge registries and news articles to reveal the officers’ identities.
    — Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
  • If a payer's directory can't make that distinction, the patient sees a recommendation that looks right and isn't, and the health plan loses the ability to guide members to the right care at the right cost.
    — Morgan Beschle, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of directory
Noun
  • Modern air defenses require large inventories of interceptors, along with the manufacturing capacity needed to replenish them.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The National Museum alone lost almost two-thirds of its inventory, comprising nearly 100,000 artifacts that covered Sudan’s prehistoric age through its Nubian era, the Kingdom of Kush, the Christian era and its Islamic period.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of inventory

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