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literature

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


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English language and literature entries increased by 23.3%, Welsh language was up 42.7%, while German, from a small base, increased by 59.4%.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

These are masterly works of literature, but they are not, pace Mr. Chandler and Ms. Volohova, an independent scholar of Grossman’s life and work, “two of the greatest novels of the last century.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

"We suspected that the bacteria had incorporated the uranium in their cell walls. We already knew about accumulation processes from the literature."

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

“The scientific literature, and defendants’ own documents use a variety of terms interchangeably, referring to ‘addictive’, ‘excessive’, ‘problematic’, or ‘compulsive’ use,” she wrote in her June order.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

So I studied literature and liked it better.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

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

Chesterton, John Buchan, Rafael Sabatini and even Sax Rohmer, among a score of others, were — and are — thrilling storytellers, as well as the founders of our modern genre literatures.

From Washington Post Apr. 19, 2023

He has a doctorate in Hispanic languages and literatures from UC Berkeley and a master of fine arts in poetry from UC Davis, where he is a professor in the department of Chicana/Chicano studies.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 9, 2022

Her mother is professor emeriti of Russian and East European languages and literatures, also at Rutgers.

From New York Times Jul. 29, 2018

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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