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literature

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


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Kennedy said the academic literature on hourly matching remains at an early stage and isn’t definitive enough to show the model’s impact.

From The Wall Street Journal • 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

I make it a point to introduce my students to the literature of their home state, which includes Joan Didion, a standby and giant of what we now call creative nonfiction.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

“Fever Pitch,” one of the first books to examine the experience of being a soccer fan, launched the genre of serious soccer literature.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Edmond Dantès’s daring break from an island prison is considered one of the greatest escapes in all of literature to this very day.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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