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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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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

People across the UK have been invited to nominate their local red phone box libraries for the books to help the campaign's organisers "uncover more hidden gems".

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Nominations have been opened to phone boxes which have already been adapted into community libraries, with libraries in Derbyshire, Hertfordshire, Leicestershire and the West Midlands having already signed up.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

But those computers, which were trained on libraries of grandmaster-level games, were cave men compared to what was coming.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

“I’ve been in plenty of libraries before,” I said.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt

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