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almanac

[awl-muh-nak] / ˈɔl məˌnæk /
NOUN
document containing information for a year
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It’s hard to imagine any other director taking the time to become an almanac.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 17, 2025

Sporadic dialogue, like a wedding speech and a game show segment, is intended to represent an almanac of data, submitted by paying members of the public, that creates “the definition” of humanity.

From New York Times Jan. 12, 2024

Although neither almanac will share the details of its formula, both are open about what goes into their predictions.

From Scientific American Nov. 10, 2023

The oldest southern resident, a female known as L25, is estimated to have been born in 1928 — her body a living almanac of nearly a century of humanity’s runoff.

From Seattle Times Jul. 19, 2023

She leaned toward him, close enough to see some white powder from the rice cakes stuck to the comers of his mouth, and picked up the almanac.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

They read popular almanacs, and learned and admired the intricacies of orreries—mechanical models of the celestial sphere—that they flocked to view at numerous colleges.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 18, 2025

But the distinction is perhaps becoming fuzzier as the almanacs face the rise of seasonal forecasts produced directly by weather forecasting companies and governmental agencies.

From Scientific American Nov. 10, 2023

Astrology endured only in the publication of monthly or annual almanacs.

From National Geographic Aug. 24, 2023

Those who need some calming reading at this point in time should consider The Old Farmer’s Almanac — which informs the Beltway that the brand new 2023 almanacs are “shipping now.”

From Washington Times May 1, 2023

Or if nobody was watching me, I’d sneak up into the loft and look at the old almanacs Sam brought back from college sometimes.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier




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