The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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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
But the weather judges didn’t agree any more than the almanacs did, so in the end Father would go out and frown at the sky a dozen times a day, and then make a guess.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
