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encyclopedia

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


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GenAI is less of a problem for the user-written encyclopedia he helped create, Wales said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 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

In his words: "They showed us a whole encyclopedia of movement and positioning in football."

From BBC • Apr. 15, 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

He turned the pages of the encyclopedia carefully so as not to disturb it.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez




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