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variants also cyclopaedia
Definition of cyclopedianext

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Noun
  • Initially, Wikipedia editors uncovered evidence that the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that oversees the online encyclopedia, seemed to be fending off a vandalism attempt.
    Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 5 Mar. 2026
  • According to the Italian encyclopedia Treccani, a trattoria is generally more modest than a ristorante and is always autonomous—in other words, it's not connected to a hotel, train station, or ship.
    Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 27 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The musical is a tribute to the awkwardness of being different, kids who read the dictionary with urgent ferocity.
    David John Chávez, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Following a few more years of work, the lexicographer—a studier or compiler of dictionaries—transferred his entire project online for anyone to peruse.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The launch also signals the start of a wider arrangement between Skyline Media and Apple TV, with further titles from the company’s catalogue expected to follow.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Mar. 2026
  • After Wilson’s death last year, Beach Boys fans still have several occasions to hear the catalog live.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The alteration was discovered in a copy of the Book of the Dead (a tome filled with spells meant to aid the dead in their passage to the afterlife) that is believed to have been commissioned for a royal archive supervisor named Rambose.
    News Desk, Artforum, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Celebrities have long leveraged the power of being seen holding just the right tome.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 9 Mar. 2026
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“Cyclopedia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cyclopedia. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.

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