atlas
Example Sentences
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His meticulous survey takes in dozens of sources, from the obscure to the well-known: pamphlets to legal codes, sermons to atlases, maps, travel narratives, even journals kept by ships’ captains.
“The cell atlases we’re building … promise to lead to a more rapid understanding of the basis of many brain diseases.”
From Seattle Times
It isn’t until Konstance learns to read a set of carefully placed clues that she realizes the atlas she’s been using hasn’t been properly interpreted.
From Los Angeles Times
In 1543, the word made an appearance alongside an odd illustration in an anatomical atlas by Andreas Vesalius, a Flemish physician sometimes called the “father of modern anatomy.”
From New York Times
The group announced completion of the atlas Wednesday and said it is the first global, high-resolution map of its kind.
From Seattle Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
