cyclopedias

variants also cyclopaedias
Definition of cyclopediasnext
plural of cyclopedia

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Noun
  • Their dominance stems from labels controlling vast music catalogues that streaming platforms need to survive, the lawsuit says.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
  • But the resonance of their catalogs has garnered peer respect and a generations-spanning cult following.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Beginning in 1959, editors put in arduous work toward compiling the first encyclopedias written in Braille, the innovative code developed by Louis Braille in 19th century France.
    Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 20 Dec. 2025
  • Instead, the eight search results ranged from a general entry about online encyclopedias to seven entries primarily about Wikipedia.
    NPR, NPR, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For many decades, dictionaries were bestsellers and seen as the authority on the English language.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Maybe our expectations for dictionaries are way too high.
    Louis Menand, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • At that time young adult novels were the place where there were books about female main characters who were feeling big emotions and experiencing love—romantic love and friend love—and navigating a world that felt familiar.
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Every month was this parcel of books written by some of the most important names in fiction, and then all these new voices.
    Scarlett Harris, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
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“Cyclopedias.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cyclopedias. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.

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