knowledges

noun

plural of knowledge
as in sciences
a body of facts learned by study or experience the forest ranger shared some of his vast knowledge of the woods with us a knowledge of local customs

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Recent Examples of knowledges Sometimes my collection of knowledges feels like rash splatters of matter floating with me. — Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026
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  1. sciences
  2. wisdoms
Noun
  • The most common type of cloud seeding used in the United States is almost all done in Western states, according to University of Illinois emeritus professor of climate, meteorology and atmospheric sciences Robert Rauber.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Mehta is director of the Jacobs Center and a professor of nutritional sciences at Cornell University.
    — Marian Flaxman, New York Daily News, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of sciences
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  • Regardless of one’s experience with the Tarot, this book offers profound, embodied wisdoms for creative and critical writers, artists, and activists.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 June 2026
  • The book also includes little wisdoms from his three children with wife Camila Alves McConaughey; son Levi, 17 (who plays his onscreen son in The Lost Bus), daughter Vida, 15, and younger son Livingston, 12.
    — Andrea Mandell, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
Definition of wisdoms

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