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Noun
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The cheap paperbacks with yellowed pages, outdated cookbooks, and encyclopedias can be tossed.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
12 June 2026 -
That was my pre-internet encyclopedia, going through microfilms and doing research.—
Andy Battaglia,
ARTnews.com,
8 June 2026
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The novel follows Harriet Bancroft, a bookish wallflower compiling a dictionary of slang.—
Angelina Mazza,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
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Password candidates came from custom dictionaries with as many as eight words, common keyboard patterns, and cracking rules.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
17 June 2026
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The vast catalogue of hits by the Gershwin brothers that this score was drawn from covers over a decade and includes some that were written for movies or variety shows rather than musicals.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
14 June 2026
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Helmed by Training Day director Antoine Fuqua, the biopic has also triggered a surge of interest in Jackson’s back catalog, sending Thriller up to Number Seven on the Billboard 200.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
13 June 2026
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At the Obama public library, I was greeted by gleaming wood shelves and stacks of colorful tomes, and shimmering light streaming through its floor-to-ceiling windows.—
Laura Washington,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
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The visually stunning tome, timed to Marilyn’s centenary, recounts the friendship and creative collaboration between Josh’s grandfather Bruno Bernard, a Jewish German immigrant who became a legendary showbiz photographer, and Hollywood’s most iconic movie star.—
Julian Sancton,
HollywoodReporter,
1 June 2026
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“Cyclopedia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cyclopedia. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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