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lores

noun

plural of lore

as in knowledges

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 mythologies

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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Noun

Sometimes my collection of knowledges feels like rash splatters of matter floating with me.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026

Definition of knowledges

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And finally, O’Donnell believes that Chanty’s mystery allows her followers and fans to develop their own mythologies and create a character of their own.

— Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026
What’s often lost, however, is the Wachowskis’ deft scripting — their ability to create new worlds and weave complicated mythologies while delivering pure popcorn thrills at every turn.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026

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Mehta is director of the Jacobs Center and a professor of nutritional sciences at Cornell University.

— Marian Flaxman, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026
The majority of Americans are meeting this higher range according to Donald Layman, a professor emeritus of nutritional sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign who helped to set the dietary guidelines.

— Lauren Chan, STAT, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of sciences

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Regardless of one’s experience with the Tarot, this book offers profound, embodied wisdoms for creative and critical writers, artists, and activists.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 June 2026
The book also includes little wisdoms from his three children with wife Camila Alves McConaughey; son Levi, 17 (who plays his onscreen son in The Lost Bus), daughter Vida, 15, and younger son Livingston, 12.

— Andrea Mandell, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025

Definition of wisdoms

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In December 2023, Mestiza released the debut album Quëreles via their independent label Sacro Music, which also reimagined flamenco traditions through a club lens.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026
This is the heart of Franconia, where traditions—especially culinary ones, including pork dishes, potato dumplings, and sausages—remain deeply rooted.

— Sofia Markovich, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of traditions

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Even though it was recorded remotely, their new version of the song is incredibly soulful, the effortless meeting of two legends who were clearly meant to harmonize together.

— Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026
Our state is a pigskin peninsula that has spent generations producing quarterback legends.

— Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2026

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