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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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Google didn’t have to persuade people that typing a question into a search bar was better than navigating directories or flipping through encyclopedias.
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Ira Belsky, Forbes.com, 20 Mar. 2026
However, because of Coach K's bracket practice, that encyclopedia in Bilas' brain doesn't have many pages on 1986.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026
In the complaint, which Reuters reported on Monday, Britannica claimed that OpenAI unlawfully copied nearly 100,000 of its online articles and encyclopedia and dictionary entries to teach its GPT family of models.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 19 Mar. 2026
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
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Ira Belsky, Forbes.com, 20 Mar. 2026
However, because of Coach K's bracket practice, that encyclopedia in Bilas' brain doesn't have many pages on 1986.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026
In the complaint, which Reuters reported on Monday, Britannica claimed that OpenAI unlawfully copied nearly 100,000 of its online articles and encyclopedia and dictionary entries to teach its GPT family of models.
—Frank Landymore, Futurism, 19 Mar. 2026
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for encyclopedia
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Virginia’s Supreme Court majority sought an answer in dictionaries, which define the word as the act or process of choosing.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
13 May 2026
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Oxford University Press added the word to its dictionary in 2015.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
1 May 2026
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Then they are stamped, stickered, barcoded and linked to the electronic catalog system.—
Adeel Hassan,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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Enter Magnanti, who had spent over four years studying Bede's history and was compiling a catalog of extant copies.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
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There has been books written about it.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
19 May 2026
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Ultimately, for as much this is a book about archeology, the emotional anchor is really Lena’s unresolved issues with her mother.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
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The second the fight began, Rousey exploded forward, secured a clinch, executed a textbook judo takedown, and immediately transitioned into her trademark armbar before Carano could settle into the fight.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2026
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Rousey wasted no time shooting a textbook double-leg takedown, taking top position against her fellow MMA icon and locking up an armbar finish in a whopping 17 seconds to close out the first-ever MMA card on Netflix.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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“Encyclopedia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encyclopedia. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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