public libraries

• plural

  plural

  The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

  of public library.
  public library

  noun

  a nonprofit library established for the use of the general public and maintained chiefly by public funds.

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public libraries

And in much of the country, the government is responsible for operating water and other utilities, running fire departments and operating public libraries.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026

Vicky Fraser is a bibliographic services manager with LibrariesWest, an organisation in charge of stocking and running public libraries in Bristol, Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

From BBC ● May 24, 2026

Angelenos can take advantage of cooling centers at public libraries and community centers across the county.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026

Over the following decades Wiseman entered high schools, hospitals, army training camps, meat factories and public libraries to explore America's institutions, incidentally producing rich studies of human behavior.

From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026

I have not been able to stop my mother’s screams in public libraries or over telephones.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

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