Thesaurus results for ENCYCLOPEDIAS

encyclopedias

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plural of encyclopedia

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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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Recent Examples of encyclopedias The ban won’t cover online encyclopedias, or educational or scientific directories. — Samuel Petrequin, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026 The ban won’t cover online encyclopedias, educational or scientific directories. — ABC News, 21 July 2026 The ban won’t cover online encyclopedias, educational or scientific directories, or platforms for the development and sharing of open-source software. — Samuel Petrequin, Fortune, 20 July 2026 The cheap paperbacks with yellowed pages, outdated cookbooks, and encyclopedias can be tossed. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 12 June 2026 Holmquist traces his devotion to history back to age 7, when his parents bought him a set of encyclopedias. — Jim Dudlicek, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026 Google didn’t have to persuade people that typing a question into a search bar was better than navigating directories or flipping through encyclopedias. — Ira Belsky, Forbes.com, 20 Mar. 2026 Beginning in 1959, editors put in arduous work toward compiling the first encyclopedias written in Braille, the innovative code developed by Louis Braille in 19th century France. — Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 20 Dec. 2025 Instead, the eight search results ranged from a general entry about online encyclopedias to seven entries primarily about Wikipedia. — NPR, 29 Oct. 2025

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HarperCollins said Archer's books were sold in 119 countries.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
Shop for clothing, books, antiques, and jewelry (Croghan’s is amazing) up and down King Street.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

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From burritos to dictionaries, brands are already comparing a slew of foldable items to the new iPhone Duo.

— Melina Khan, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
Most dictionaries do not even list the meaning—’to kill’—that the government now proposes.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 27 July 2026

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The expansion will also introduce new catalogs in Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Polish and more, with more than 120 languages in total.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
Its Shopper Agent connects brand catalogs to ChatGPT through the Agentic Commerce Protocol.

— Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

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