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encyclopedia

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Definition of encyclopedia

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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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Recent Examples of encyclopedia The team here delivers an encyclopedia of sublime services, from Ayurvedic massages to 24k gold facials. — Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 16 July 2026 But Ballotpedia, an online encyclopedia of elections, included both Kansas and Missouri among the eight states most likely to flip. — Jack Harvel july 8, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026 This year, Wikipedia is celebrating 25 years as the internet’s encyclopedia that anyone can edit. — Ryan McGrady, The Conversation, 25 June 2026 The cheap paperbacks with yellowed pages, outdated cookbooks, and encyclopedias can be tossed. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 12 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for encyclopedia

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In a small, leatherbound English-Greek and Greek-English dictionary was a photo of his parents walking by the seashore in Loutraki, a place not far from Corinth, known for its therapeutic, healing springs.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
Christmas hams, party cocktails, elegant layer cakes, and cookout classics fill the dictionaries of Southern family recipes, but one of my favorites is a simple vinaigrette from my grandmother.

— Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 2 July 2026

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Over the past few years, Sofie Birch has amassed a sparkling catalog of bucolic curios on outré labels.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 24 July 2026
The tour, which extends through the fall, is phone-free, and each show has featured an array of deep cuts, both from the White Stripes catalog and his solo work.

— Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2026

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Sienkiewicz got his start in comics back in the late 1970s, but today his colorful and recognizable style has expanded into illustration, animation, film and TV, book and album covers, advertising and fine art.

— Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
During Apple TV‘s Hall H panel, the BAFTA winner appeared via video to greet fans and share the first look at the cyberpunk sci-fi series based on the 1984 William Gibson book, premiering January 22 on the streamer.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 25 July 2026

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Science purists will note that this strange new world is not the famously gaseous Jupiter, but an extra, science textbook-rewriting ball of rock located roughly where the Asteroid Belt is now.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 23 July 2026
Rapoport had essentially reverse-engineered a sociology textbook through intuition and realized its impact.

— Dr. Marcus Collins, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

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