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encyclopedia

[en-sahy-kluh-pee-dee-uh] / ɛnˌsaɪ kləˈpi di ə /


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But inexplicably, Thompson assigned the rights to Henry F. Phillips, the managing director of Oregon Copper Co., according to the Oregon Encyclopedia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

According to the Holocaust Encyclopedia, Hirschfeld worked to educate and advocate for the rights of gender-nonconforming people.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2024

In 1956, he won a Navy talent contest as a singer and appeared on the “Ed Sullivan Show,” according to the 2007 book “The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2024

Mr. Weasley had a cut lip and Mr. Malfoy had been hit in the eye by an Encyclopedia of Toadstools.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling

Robots and might as well have spent them at home with the Encyclopedia Tellurica.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov




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