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As a child, he came across a page in an encyclopedia featuring Neil Armstrong and the picture of an astronaut on the Moon from the 1969 Apollo mission.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
He’s like an encyclopedia when it comes to fashion.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026
For nearly half-a-century, until he retired last month, Howard Silverblatt was the walking, talking encyclopedia of the S&P 500.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026
Elon Musk's Grokipedia carries thousands of citations to "questionable" and "problematic" sources, US researchers said Friday, raising doubts about the reliability of the AI-powered encyclopedia as an information tool.
From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025
Bat felt like looking through his animal encyclopedia, which he often did after school, so he pulled it down from the bookshelf and dropped comfortably onto his beanbag.
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.