as in dictionary
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 encyclopedia
The archaeological riches in the Titanic’s debris field are an unopened encyclopedia.
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Sean Kingsley, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025
Several information experts said that Mr. Trump’s executive orders have authoritarian overtones, reminiscent of when Russia cloned Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, and stripped it of unflattering material.
—Tiffany Hsu, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Wikipedia is paying the price for the AI boom: The online encyclopedia is grappling with rising costs from bots scraping its articles to train AI models, which is straining the site’s bandwidth.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025
For over 20 years, Wikipedia has been a free encyclopedia for everyone on the internet.
—Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 11 Mar. 2025
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Sean Kingsley, HollywoodReporter, 11 Apr. 2025
Several information experts said that Mr. Trump’s executive orders have authoritarian overtones, reminiscent of when Russia cloned Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, and stripped it of unflattering material.
—Tiffany Hsu, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
Wikipedia is paying the price for the AI boom: The online encyclopedia is grappling with rising costs from bots scraping its articles to train AI models, which is straining the site’s bandwidth.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025
For over 20 years, Wikipedia has been a free encyclopedia for everyone on the internet.
—Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for encyclopedia
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The word was even been added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary in the years since.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
23 Apr. 2025
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The only true dictionary is the lost one, the dictionary of the language that perished when the impious tower was built: the original language, God’s language.—
Mariana Dimópulos,
Harpers Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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Following the announcement of his forthcoming album Britpop, Robbie Williams was awarded the PRS for Music Icon Award in honor of his extensive songwriting catalog.—
Thomas Smith,
Billboard,
22 May 2025
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That’s more than 200 years before the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus made his star catalog, which has long been considered the world’s oldest.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 May 2025
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Vandersloot, 36, was a fixture in the Sky’s history books long before the game.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
30 May 2025
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In something of a grand gesture, Caleb Williams stood at a lectern Wednesday to explain that excerpts from an upcoming book were old news.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2025
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The first featured an actor delivering a polished, textbook explanation of Newton’s laws.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
28 May 2025
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The retirement apparatus, layered over decades of tech and regulation, is textbook complex.—
Miguel Kudry,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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“Encyclopedia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encyclopedia. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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