decimal
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If Judy says she can’t make it as a clerk, she’ll stay up all night learning the Dewey Decimal System.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2025
She criticized the Dewey Decimal System for including “overwhelmingly Christian” works in a 2013 article called “Queering the Catalog: Queer Theory and the Politics of Correction.”
From Washington Times • Aug. 30, 2023
For those creeped out by the thought of machines turning evil, recent developments are enough to pine for the days when the Dewey Decimal System reigned supreme.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2023
Volumes were organized by topic but “certainly … not using the Dewey Decimal system,” Nick Malgieri, a noted pastry chef and author who frequented Mrs. Longone’s store, admiringly recalled.
From Washington Post • Aug. 10, 2022
They lost the Bendable Bookworm medal to the Northeast team after a fierce game of Dewey Decimal Twister.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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