encyclopedia

He is an encyclopedia of knowledge on high school sports, and his ideas about keeping this level of competition moving in the right direction is unmatched.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

Did everyone routinely use the encyclopedia, or read the Steinbeck novel, or listen attentively to Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony?

From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2026

The encyclopedia cites a 1939 Sunday Oregonian article stating that Thompson had been an auto mechanic when he invented the screw.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 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

I rattled off some more: “Pull out a hair....Sit the three thickest volumes of the encyclopedia on your tongue....Sleep all night with erasers up your nose....Wrap your mouth around the doorknob and slam it shut....”

From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli

Physical encyclopedias and textbooks were rendered virtually useless.

From Salon ● May 30, 2026

“My father filled my head with stories” about the “pioneer nurseryman,” Mr. Fitzgerald recalls, “while my mother brought me dusty encyclopedias full of primary sources.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

Samantha said Max has watched all of Sir David's documentaries and owns more animal encyclopedias than she can keep track of.

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

Others lead us to hollowed-out encyclopedias, home to ghostly index cards full of contemplative prompts that compel us to compose a life’s story in a few sentences.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2024

She’d shake her head in that grown-up way whenever students relied only on online search engines and online encyclopedias.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas