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libraries

  • plural
    of library.
    library
    noun
    a place set apart to contain books, periodicals, and other material for reading, viewing, listening, study, or reference, as a room, set of rooms, or building where books may be read or borrowed.

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The council is encouraging families to donate unwanted costumes at collection points in its libraries after Halloween so they can be reused next year.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

In the process, Tyree notes, the filmmakers reveal that unlike in the past, when captains of industry launched art museums and libraries, this generation isn't as interested in philanthropy.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

Many have libraries of shows and movies as vast as those of industry standard-bearers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Plans include a Year of Creative Youth, an Olympic arts education curriculum being developed with the Olympic Museum in Switzerland, and outreach through parks, libraries and cultural venues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

All through the war, I did research in ship libraries and borrowed books from Marine officers who were history buffs and who liked the idea of an Indian being a historian.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac

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