1
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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What mattered to me is what the comet meant in Polynesian mythologies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025 -
Evolutionary thinkers have long argued that humans evolved to notice snakes, which might explain why these creatures slither into a vast number of mythologies, from Quetzalcoatl in Mexico and Damballa in West Africa to celestial dragons in China.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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Enjoys writing about archaeology, history, and environmental sciences.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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An associate professor of environmental sciences at Tulane University in New Orleans, Nicole Gasparini, also slammed Landry's proposal on the left-wing social media app.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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Many wisdoms intrinsic to permaculture long predate the term—it cannot be understated how much stems from indigenous knowledge and was passed down from generations before, from these ancestral stewards who listened to, and trusted, the land.—
Catherine Habgood
September 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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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
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Different ethnic groups have made their home in the state, bringing with them their own traditions and folklore.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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The band’s name has long embodied the group’s nimble balancing act of being rooted in and familiar with bluegrass traditions while also using it as a launching pad for exploring other, often contrasting, musical styles.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
30 Oct. 2025
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The advisory board will consist of up to two delegates from each club, including investors, cultural leaders and sports legends.—
Jessica Golden,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
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As Drag Race viewers know, Plasma is a Broadway baby through and through, a Gay White Way devotee whose humor and style draws on legends like Barbra Streisand and Bernadette Peters.—
Joe Lynch,
Billboard,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Lores.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lores. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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