bibliography

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as in index

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Recent Examples of bibliography During a demonstration, an OpenAI employee showed how the software could automatically find and incorporate relevant scientific literature, then format the bibliography. — ArsTechnica, 29 Jan. 2026 The funniest part of BookTok fame has been seeing fans discover how extensive her bibliography is. — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025 Hilton Als, a staff writer who has written about Baldwin many times, joined us to share a few essential entries from Baldwin’s bibliography. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025 Like Tolstoy, John Steinbeck’s bibliography is chockablock with classics worth a read. — Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 8 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bibliography
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bibliography
  1. index
  2. compendium
  3. glossary
  4. compilation
  5. list
  6. docket
  7. directory
  8. inventory
Noun
  • On the economic front, investors will be watching for the August Empire State manufacturing index, as well as the NAHB Housing Market Index for August.
    — Lee Ying Shan,Sarah Min, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Liquids are lower in nitrogen and low on the salt index, so there’s less risk of burning.
    — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of index
Noun
  • While Hubble can only make out stars in Andromeda that are brighter than our sun, these two surveys still gave Wainer and colleagues a compendium of 200 million stars, covering two-thirds of Andromeda's disk.
    — Rahul Rao, Space.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The loss was a compendium of failure, as the Rays struggled in all aspects of play.
    — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2026
Definition of compendium
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  • The book includes a glossary and stresses that collecting can start affordably, demystifying the process and encouraging wealth building through art.
    — Richard Fowler, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The narrative moves from the early days of the war to a glossary of Beiruti wartime phrases, then to Makdisi’s upbringing, and back to her memories of war and the people lost to it.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 July 2026
Definition of glossary
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  • And this one just feels like a compilation of all those things that make Ravyn Ravyn in a way.
    — Sidney Madden, VIBE.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Below is a compilation of the tributes to Panettiere from those who grew up with her, worked with her, and loved her.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of compilation
Noun
  • The agency's own public list of Underground Scholars partner campuses does not include UC Davis — the same campus where the young woman at the center of this story was placed.
    — Julie Watts August 20, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • That put him ahead of Roger Clemens (1,014) for 12th place on the franchise’s all-time list.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of list
Noun
  • Pramaggiore has a new legal team as of Monday when the change of representation was logged in the case docket.
    — Hannah Meisel, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • But most would-be buyers never see these all-important documents, which are scattered across state filings, county safety lists, court dockets and news archives.
    — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of docket
Noun
  • Start with referrals, direct research, and credentialed directories.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Many users found pages through Yahoo-style directories, bookmarks, newsgroups, email signatures, and links from site to site because the web was still small enough that human organization could compete with machine indexing.
    — Alan Bradley, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of directory
Noun
  • Its purpose should guide the choice of format and location, along with decisions about assortment, inventory, layout, technology, and employee capabilities.
    — Ayşe Çetinel, Harvard Business Review, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The oldest baby boomers turn 80 this year, and won’t typically start downsizing until their mid-80s, meaning the inventory constraints that have locked millennials out of the market have another decade to run.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of inventory

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