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literature

[lit-er-uh-cher, -choor, li-truh-] / ˈlɪt ər ə tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər, ˈlɪ trə- /


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Huger wrote for instructions to Postmaster General Amos Kendall, as well as New York Postmaster Samuel Gouverneur, from whose office the offending literature had been shipped.

From Slate Sep. 4, 2026

Last year, Syal was given a damehood in the King's New Year Honours for her services to literature, drama and charity.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

Cecilia Rosas, a Brazilian researcher and translator of Russian literature, hailed the interest in the classics on social media.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

Pro tip: Have them read the best kinds of literature, like this novel.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

It was about the time literature was going through a bit of a renaissance, people clinging to that old adage about bedtime stories and the dreams they might bring.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

Mr. Morson, a professor of Slavic languages and literatures at Northwestern University, is the author of “Wonder Confronts Certainty: Russian Writers on the Timeless Questions and Why Their Answers Matter.”

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 15, 2025

Kuang, a best-selling fantasy writer and doctoral student in East Asian languages and literatures at Yale, said this while sitting in a sunny office at the headquarters of her publisher, HarperCollins.

From New York Times May 12, 2023

Now, a lot of people who have emigrated to the U.S. are bringing their literatures into English.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 15, 2023

Germanic languages and literatures department, had stood outside the courthouse earlier this month with a sign that read, “Nazis: Losers in 1945. Losers in 2021.”

From Washington Post Nov. 22, 2021

Every inch of visible surface of the board had been decorated, with four somewhat gorgeous-looking columns of quotations from a variety of the world’s literatures.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger




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