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literature

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


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"Our findings add to the growing body of literature linking late-evening eating patterns to adverse metabolic and liver outcomes," the authors write.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

Before divorce and death brought us euphemisms like “blended family,” literature was rife with poisonous step relations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

As his latest book ‘The Radiance’ blurs the lines between memory and invention, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author makes a compelling case for why literature remains our richest record of human consciousness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

The Research and Collections Centre holds more than 6,000 books on Shakespeare as well as early modern literature and drama, alongside the theatre's own archive of past productions.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Hobbes was left out of the Royal Society—there is an extended literature on why—but Digby, Charleton and Boyle, all readers of van Helmont, were among the first members.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

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

I like to peg trans writing to other minority literatures that came before it.

From Slate ● Jan. 21, 2021

Rise and fall—this was the doctor’s business, and it was literatures too.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan


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