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literature

[lit-er-uh-cher, -choor, li-truh-] / ˈlɪt ər ə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər, ˈlɪ trə- /


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What interested him was politics, literature and exploring his homosexuality.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

Reform councillor Mike Bannister confirmed there was "no indication whatsoever" that staff had promoted specific literature and promised that the new policy would be "fully discussed" with the libraries team.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Between March and October 2023, Mikheil Z. went to the BnF 40 times to request access to manuscripts, mainly by Pushkin, claiming he was doing research on democracy in 19th-century Russian literature.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

In song and literature, the route is celebrated as an east-to-west journey.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

In what seemed even to me a doomed and Pyrrhic gesture, I switched to English literature without telling my parents.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt




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