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library

[lahy-brer-ee, -bruh-ree, -bree] / ˈlaɪˌbrɛr i, -brə ri, -bri /


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Take Iowa, which for nearly 40 years required all appointive boards and commissions—from county library boards to licensing bodies—to maintain balance between the sexes.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

Students ski at the college’s Nordic center, skate at the Sidney J. Watson Arena, and borrow outdoor equipment from an extensive gear library.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

The company also removed games in part because they did not have high engagement from its library.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

The trophies the girls won for excellence at school sit alongside the books on the shelves of the home library he and his wife, a teacher, have proudly put together for them.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

He’d read every book in the library shelf, twice.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Where Tumblr-ites dreamed of the cloistered quads and moody libraries of Princeton in the 2010s, TikTok-ers now obsess over the elaborate rituals of University of Alabama sororities.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

Firing up machines in their own homes or at local libraries and maker spaces, they are printing door locks, furniture hinges, storage containers and appliance parts.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

The company also must provide free broadband and Wi-Fi service for dozens of eligible community centers, including schools and libraries.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

"We see something that doesn't really look like anything else we've identified in the solar system; it doesn't match anything we have in our spectral libraries."

From Science Daily Aug. 14, 2026

Fort had apparently spent twenty-seven years going through old newspapers in libraries.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett




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