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Her career is practically an encyclopedia of the folk revolution from Woody Guthrie through Cohen, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, and Anna McGarrigle.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
16 Mar. 2026 -
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
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When the 12-year-old isn’t reading the dictionary, he can be found playing cricket, reading mystery novels, skiing and competing in math olympiads, too.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
10 Mar. 2026
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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
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Choosing what to perform would seem a daunting task, given the world’s vast musical catalog and how many pieces are required for a show like the Oscars.—
Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
15 Mar. 2026
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Article continues below Many modern-day amateur telescopes come equipped with GoTo mounts, which automatically aim the optics at thousands of observable targets that are easily selected from pre-programmed astronomy catalogues.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
14 Mar. 2026
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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
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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 19 Mar. 2026.
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