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Example Sentences

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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

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

When his parents gave him a 10-volume encyclopedia, he read the books so often that he memorized their contents and wore off their covers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

As my encyclopedia poignantly puts it: “The legs of the larvae have degenerated, and the adults do not fly.”

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides