bibliography

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as in index

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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
  • Temperatures are slightly lower, but the heat indices could climb to 102 degrees in the interior and higher on the coast.
    — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Among the effects of index funds was to increase the focus of investors on fees and expenses.
    — Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of index
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  • While Hubble can only make out stars in Andromeda that are brighter than our sun, these two surveys still gave Wainer and colleagues a compendium of 200 million stars, covering two-thirds of Andromeda's disk.
    — Rahul Rao, Space.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The loss was a compendium of failure, as the Rays struggled in all aspects of play.
    — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2026
Definition of compendium
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  • 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
  • To lessen any confusion, here’s everything a beginner needs to know about observing the night sky with a manual telescope, and a glossary of telescope terms.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 18 Aug. 2026
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  • And this one just feels like a compilation of all those things that make Ravyn Ravyn in a way.
    — Sidney Madden, VIBE.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Below is a compilation of the tributes to Panettiere from those who grew up with her, worked with her, and loved her.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of compilation
Noun
  • There are diagnostic tests for many conditions, but a doctor’s list of potential diagnoses may be long, and the culprit might be too rare to come readily to mind.
    — Jason Liebowitz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Thus this year’s list honors those who do more than wear clothes well or live their lives in head-to-toe ensembles handed to them by eager PR apparatchiks.
    — Vanity Fair, Vanity Fair, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of list
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  • Pramaggiore has a new legal team as of Monday when the change of representation was logged in the case docket.
    — Hannah Meisel, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • But most would-be buyers never see these all-important documents, which are scattered across state filings, county safety lists, court dockets and news archives.
    — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of docket
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  • Signage is pretty minimal, but navigating with the help of Google Maps or the free Prospect Park App, which includes a map and a directory, is easy.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Some are now on display at the Upper Darby Historical Society, including the staff directory, hospital charter, meeting minutes and photos of nurses.
    — Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of directory
Noun
  • As crude inventories in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve drain toward their operational limits, America is left, armed with just 300 million barrels.
    — Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The jurist raised concerns about the state of the RMS Titanic collection and ordered that an inventory of the items and their condition be filed with the court.
    — Liam Bowman, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of inventory

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“Bibliography.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bibliography. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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