almanac
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Farmers are dealing with enough grim news to fill an almanac.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
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
Instead he pulled out a paperback world almanac from his knapsack and asked her to quiz him.
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
And unlike meteorologists, the almanacs are willing to stand by specific days-long predictions made some 18 months in advance.
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
He’d consult some almanacs, which usually disagreed, and he’d ask certain farmers who were supposed to be good judges of weather when they thought the snow would come.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
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