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encyclopedic

[en-sahy-kluh-pee-dik] / ɛnˌsaɪ kləˈpi dɪk /


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Hundreds of watches, an encyclopedic knowledge of the movie and its production, a worn-out DVD copy hanging on by a thread, and a whole career later, I still owe it everything.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

In distilling five decades of streetwear history, Mr. Watamanuk promises “a narrative that could be followed without an encyclopedic knowledge of all the obscure references.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Expansion, he said, is important for an encyclopedic museum, responsible for chronicling art history across many genres, geographies and media.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

She was hired as the first curator exclusively devoted to such art in any encyclopedic American museum in 2001, a year after the DIA created a Center for African American Art.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

That encyclopedic coincidence was the beginning of a great friendship.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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