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literary

[lit-uh-rer-ee] / ˈlɪt əˌrɛr i /


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One group that was especially vocal in their opposition to A.I., was the literary community, and writers and authors across the country didn’t hold back when sharing their two cents.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Mr. McInerney had his turn as a celebrated literary arriviste.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

This has been her literary project: to remember, to revive, to conjure, to connect, in images shuffled and shaped into stories.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Friday is now studying English and literary studies at a university in Nasarawa, a state which borders the capital, Abuja.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Her dad had only mentioned they were moving to the home of his literary idol, oh, sixty million times.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman




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