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library

[lahy-brer-ee, -bruh-ree, -bree] / ˈlaɪˌbrɛr i, -brə ri, -bri /


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The poet from Amherst, Mass., was in her early 30s, a well-educated woman with a big library of books.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

In July, AI agents developed by OpenAI attacked Hugging Face, an AI model and application library, during an incident where the autonomous software escaped its confined testing environment.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

A library of radically changed visages, sliced and sculpted to fit the funhouse-mirror beauty standards set by a handful of influential men.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

They said that adding the support staff - who run IT, security, catering and cleaning as well as the library and student welfare - would bring the campus and the university to an effective standstill.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

As I walked between the shelves, it was easy to imagine I was back in the palatial Academy library with its levels upon levels of books.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Before there were libraries, term papers or printed books, students demonstrated learning through dialogue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

I’m really concerned about attempts to limit intellectual freedom in the U.S., especially when it comes to libraries and schools.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

Béatrice’s world is inside scholarly libraries and teak-paneled restaurants with colleagues, where screens are blessedly few.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026

Museums, art galleries, film studios, libraries, and opera houses have also been damaged.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

“Certainly. No matter how much I disagree with Mr. Lemoncello and his loony ideas about libraries, I totally respect his right to stock his shelves with whatever books he chooses—and our right to read them.”

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein




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