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Did everyone routinely use the encyclopedia, or read the Steinbeck novel, or listen attentively to Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony?
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026
Halliday: Getting to watch her was truly a privilege because she is so knowledgeable, she is an encyclopedia when it comes to this world and when it comes to Gilead and these characters.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
As a child, he came across a page in an encyclopedia featuring Neil Armstrong and the picture of an astronaut on the Moon from the 1969 Apollo mission.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
For nearly half-a-century, until he retired last month, Howard Silverblatt was the walking, talking encyclopedia of the S&P 500.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026
They had both read the encyclopedia entry on Greek mythology.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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