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almanac

[awl-muh-nak] / ˈɔl məˌnæk /
NOUN
document containing information for a year
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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

The catalogs are listed in alphabetical order and none are produced by the venerable almanac, which was founded in 1792.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 28, 2023

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

In 1576, a few years before Bruno’s Oxford lecture, Digges had published a sixth edition of his father Leonard’s perpetual almanac, A Prognostication Everlasting.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

And unlike meteorologists, the almanacs are willing to stand by specific days-long predictions made some 18 months in advance.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 10, 2023

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

From National Geographic ● Aug. 24, 2023

Those who need some calming reading at this point in time should consider The Old Farmer’s Almanac — which informs the Beltway that the brand new 2023 almanacs are “shipping now.”

From Washington Times ● May 1, 2023

The next morning Cora asked for the almanacs.

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


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