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variants also cyclopaedia
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  1. encyclopedia
  2. dictionary
  3. catalog
  4. tome
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  • Hundreds of thousands of sites are also still citing Musk’s encyclopedia, which could spread misinformation even further.
    — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Bayreuth's 239th Ring Cycle was an encyclopedia of interpretations rather than a new one.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of encyclopedia
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  • Most dictionaries do not even list the meaning—’to kill’—that the government now proposes.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 27 July 2026
  • Collier said it's already seen some 2,000 developers hop on board to make tools like a metronome, dictionary, e-book reader, and music streaming apps.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 July 2026
Definition of dictionary
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  • Moreover, because the Sears catalog did not racially discriminate, economic historians credit the catalog as a major tool for Black consumers to side-step the indignities and discrimination of Jim Crow commerce.
    — Harold Pollack, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • With the ongoing proliferation of streaming services, international audiences have greater access to the large and diverse catalog of anime films than ever before, including these eight classics.
    — David Faris, TheWeek, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of catalog
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  • To start, there must be thousands of books around the property—coffee-table tomes about nature, volumes of Dickens, some mystery novels for good measure—filling shelves in every guest room, up to the balcony reading nook in the main lodge.
    — Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2026
  • John Langan, Children of the Fang Above this tome rests a John Langan’s 2020 collection Children of the Fang.
    — Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2026
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