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a reference work that contains information about many different subjects or a lot of information about a particular subject
The school library's encyclopedia occupied much of the bookshelf. an encyclopedia of literature
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The job posting suggests Grokipedia will leverage AI to pull information from Grok’s training database to create the encyclopedia entries.
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Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2025
After looking up the film in the encyclopedia, Murphy learned about the real-life figure who inspired Norman Bates’ crimes.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
But as the encyclopedia Extinct Animals notes, local quagga populations began to rapidly decline in the 1850s, post-European settlement.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Described as a human encyclopedia of music, Lowell Pickett opened the club in 1985 to create an experience for patrons.
—Sophia Arndt, Twin Cities, 18 Sep. 2025
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Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2025
After looking up the film in the encyclopedia, Murphy learned about the real-life figure who inspired Norman Bates’ crimes.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
But as the encyclopedia Extinct Animals notes, local quagga populations began to rapidly decline in the 1850s, post-European settlement.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Described as a human encyclopedia of music, Lowell Pickett opened the club in 1985 to create an experience for patrons.
—Sophia Arndt, Twin Cities, 18 Sep. 2025
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The term really got its start back in the late 1990s, and was added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary in 2002.—
Ayana Archie,
NPR,
29 Oct. 2025
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Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia — fear of long words (The longest word found in major English dictionaries is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a 45-letter word describing a lung disease caused by inhaling fine silica dust.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Oct. 2025
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Amazon trained Rufus on its entire product catalog, as well as customer reviews, community Q&As, and information from across the web.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
2 Nov. 2025
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Users will only be able to work with songs whose creators have opted in, which will limit the available catalog, perhaps vastly so.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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After dropping 43 points against Golden State on Tuesday, Doncic somehow topped it, finishing with 49 points, 11 rebounds, and eight assists and etching his name in the history books for several reasons.—
Cole Sullivan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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The sports books spend hundreds of millions on advertising annually, primarily during games, along with pregame and post-game shows, according to MediaRadar, which tracks and estimates ad spending.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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The company offers textbook rentals, homework help and tutoring, as well as a newer suite of AI tools like a service that automatically generates flashcards.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
28 Oct. 2025
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As Willis pointed out, most esthetics programs still rely on outdated textbooks.—
Essence,
Essence,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Encyclopedia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encyclopedia. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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