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Example Sentences

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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

"It is precisely this deliberate openness and community model that upholds the neutrality and trustworthiness essential for a global encyclopedia: no single individual, company, or agenda can exert influence over the work."

From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025

A report done in elementary school on Greek and Roman architecture, Corinthian and Ionic and Doric columns copied from an encyclopedia onto tracing paper.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri