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literature

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


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“And it’s been really fun because you need a Ph.D. in literature to tell it what to do.”

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

To be clear, both are reasonable reads of the literature, but the reporters would write different stories because of how the A.I. decided to order the same information.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

“Railroaded” is a memoir of Mr. Naiden’s time on the tracks, an uncommon volume within the ample subway literature that focuses on “the subway as a workplace.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

L.A. literature: In a durably famous metaphor for Southern California, “The Crying of Lot 49’s” heroine, Oedipa, compares the sight of a distant sprawling suburb to a transistor radio’s printed circuit board.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

In the history of science literature it is generally taken for granted that Wittgenstein was a relativist.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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