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as in science
a body of facts learned by study or experience
the home gardener had acquired her herbal lore from many years of trial and error
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as in mythology
the body of customs, beliefs, stories, and sayings associated with a people, thing, or place
set out to study the rich lore of the Cajun people of Louisiana before it all vanished
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Recent Examples of lore
Part of the lore was that Pauline Pusser accompanied her husband on an overnight call about a disturbance.
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Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 9 Sep. 2025
This was a city already written into outdoor lore, where counterculture and endurance have long braided together.
—Skylar Mitchell, Essence, 9 Sep. 2025
Much like Dark Souls, which served as a major inspiration to this story, some of the lore is only hinted at, leaving players to piece together the narrative.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Various ape tribes fight for dominance, while human history has largely become the stuff of lore.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
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Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 9 Sep. 2025
This was a city already written into outdoor lore, where counterculture and endurance have long braided together.
—Skylar Mitchell, Essence, 9 Sep. 2025
Much like Dark Souls, which served as a major inspiration to this story, some of the lore is only hinted at, leaving players to piece together the narrative.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Various ape tribes fight for dominance, while human history has largely become the stuff of lore.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lore
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In this blog, Everest Group’s Peter Bendor-Samuel and Richard Sear bring together their perspectives from years of experience advising global enterprises and shaping advanced science and technology strategy.—
Peter Bendor-Samuel,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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One of the latest episode on his YouTube channel SciShow is all about knitting, and how science is elevating the lowly craft to a place of actual importance.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
11 Sep. 2025
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While some allusions only indicate the time, others go into mythology.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Its name comes from the creation mythology of the Tongva people, who are indigenous to the Los Angeles Basin, where the initial observations were made.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Instead of centralizing all computational power and decision-making in distant data centers, envision AI architectures that preserve and amplify local knowledge while enabling beneficial exchange across networks.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement This granular knowledge and deep curiosity is also what drives Speer’s long-standing dedication to protecting the vast, vulnerable open ocean and deep-sea environments that lie outside of national borders and hold some of the largest reservoirs of biodiversity on earth.—
Bonnie Tsui,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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What initially appeared to be a deadly injury from an ambush now appears to be an execution-style killing by a man folklore said was, and was immortalized in popular culture as, an upstanding lawman.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
The Tennessean,
9 Sep. 2025
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According to folklore, failure to notify the bees invites disaster.—
Elizabeth Bass Parman,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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The kitchen turns out dishes influenced by a range of traditions, and with the recent addition of the renowned chef Byron Rubio, the menu is reaching new heights of creativity and refinement.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Since the release of ChatGPT, in 2022, colleges and universities have been engaged in an experiment to discover whether artificially intelligent chatbots and the liberal-arts tradition can coexist.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Lore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lore. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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