encyclopedic
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Now he deploys his fluency in car-dealer speak and his encyclopedic knowledge of dealer inventory to try to talk down the sticker prices.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026
It was a niche Petrou dominated with her encyclopedic knowledge and astonishing facility with banking-world arcana.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
Expansion, he said, is important for an encyclopedic museum, responsible for chronicling art history across many genres, geographies and media.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026
Consider these examples, which are by no means encyclopedic.
From Salon • Aug. 31, 2025
He was brought into the plot for his encyclopedic knowledge of the smuggling routes from Washington, D.C., into the Deep South.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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