The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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She has created maps of nonexistent islands, periodic tables of collective delusions and ersatz fossils using sped-up geological processes as a form of “fiction writing.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2021
Charts of the nuclides - resembling periodic tables of elements seen in high school chemistry classrooms - are posted on various walls.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 20, 2019
In inner cities and rural farm towns all across the country, periodic tables hang on the dining-room walls, and multiplication tables are taped to the back of car seats for practice during field trips.
From Time Magazine Archive
