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as in archives
a place where books, periodicals, and records are kept for use but not for sale
I went to the library to do some research for my report
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as in collections
an organized group of objects acquired and maintained for study, exhibition, or personal pleasure
a confirmed cineast with an impressive library of classic movies on DVD
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Recent Examples of libraries
Schools, libraries, and corporations that once publicly celebrated Black history, both during February and beyond, have now gone quiet.
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Clint Smith, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2026
Some worry about the legislation’s impact on school funding, fearing that more tax breaks for developers will pull money away from public schools and libraries.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2026
The program brings free bicycle repair services, among other items, to neighborhood libraries and community spaces, aiming to reduce waste and extend the life of everyday items while supporting the local repair economy.
—Loureen Ayyoub, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
But the scope of the plan sets up competing ideas about how libraries ought to work — and for whom.
—Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 25 Feb. 2026
Wu said the city’s public school system will be closed for a second straight day on Tuesday, and libraries and community centers won’t open until noon.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
Up to 400 works in one of the Egyptian antiquities libraries in the museum were damaged in December when a pipe burst because of flooding, the museum’s deputy general administrator said at the time.
—Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBC news, 24 Feb. 2026
If not quite distillation, Anthropic was recently accused of copyright violations by thousands of authors, allegedly downloading books in bulk from shadow libraries to train its AI models, rather than buying copies and scanning them itself.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2026
Language learning platform Mondly determined which states best support their local libraries by creating an index that combined four statistics on library usage and funding in each state.
—Will Richmond, The Providence Journal, 18 Feb. 2026
Clint Smith, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2026
Some worry about the legislation’s impact on school funding, fearing that more tax breaks for developers will pull money away from public schools and libraries.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2026
The program brings free bicycle repair services, among other items, to neighborhood libraries and community spaces, aiming to reduce waste and extend the life of everyday items while supporting the local repair economy.
—Loureen Ayyoub, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
But the scope of the plan sets up competing ideas about how libraries ought to work — and for whom.
—Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 25 Feb. 2026
Wu said the city’s public school system will be closed for a second straight day on Tuesday, and libraries and community centers won’t open until noon.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
Up to 400 works in one of the Egyptian antiquities libraries in the museum were damaged in December when a pipe burst because of flooding, the museum’s deputy general administrator said at the time.
—Babak Dehghanpisheh, NBC news, 24 Feb. 2026
If not quite distillation, Anthropic was recently accused of copyright violations by thousands of authors, allegedly downloading books in bulk from shadow libraries to train its AI models, rather than buying copies and scanning them itself.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2026
Language learning platform Mondly determined which states best support their local libraries by creating an index that combined four statistics on library usage and funding in each state.
—Will Richmond, The Providence Journal, 18 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for libraries
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With so much attention lately on the site, CBS News Philadelphia went deep into our archives to see how the exhibit came to be.—
Liz Crawford,
CBS News,
21 Feb. 2026
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The infrastructure required for the laser-writing and microscope-reading process is currently designed for massive cloud providers and national archives.—
Munis Raza,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Feb. 2026
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Once fully operational, the hotel plans to invite local DJs to share selections from their personal collections on the weekends.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Feb. 2026
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Her Meryll Rogge collections are full of color, wit, and sophistication, but always with a dash of the unexpected.—
Nicole Phelps,
Vogue,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Libraries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/libraries. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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