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almanac

[awl-muh-nak] / ˈɔl məˌnæk /
NOUN
document containing information for a year
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Nearly $32.3 million had been donated to opposing his candidacy as of Monday, according to the California Target Book, a nonpartisan political almanac, which tracks independent expenditure committees.

From Los Angeles Times May 26, 2026

Sporadic dialogue, like a wedding speech and a game show segment, is intended to represent an almanac of data, submitted by paying members of the public, that creates “the definition” of humanity.

From New York Times Jan. 12, 2024

And although this almanac doesn’t cite the moon’s influence on weather, it does rely on solar activity, as well as climatology and meteorology.

From Scientific American Nov. 10, 2023

The oldest southern resident, a female known as L25, is estimated to have been born in 1928 — her body a living almanac of nearly a century of humanity’s runoff.

From Seattle Times Jul. 19, 2023

The almanac had a strange, soapy smell and made a cracking noise like fire as she turned the pages.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

They read popular almanacs, and learned and admired the intricacies of orreries—mechanical models of the celestial sphere—that they flocked to view at numerous colleges.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 18, 2025

Among farmers, the almanacs are highly valued and respected because of their long history, says Steve Hu, an agricultural climatologist at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

From Scientific American Nov. 10, 2023

Astrology endured only in the publication of monthly or annual almanacs.

From National Geographic Aug. 24, 2023

Farmers also once relied upon these sayings, some of which were printed in almanacs.

From New York Times May 11, 2023

He was summoned to Graz, in Austria, to teach secondary school mathematics, and began a little later to prepare astronomical and meteorological almanacs and to cast horoscopes.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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