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| drain |
something that slowly uses up energy, money, or some other resource. [1/9 definitions] |
| encyclopedia |
An encyclopedia is a book, or a set of books, or an online resource that has information on many subjects. Encyclopedias have information about famous people, events in history, places in the world, animals, and many other things. |
| resource |
A resource is something that helps or supports you. It is a thing or place that can give you what you need. [1/3 definitions] |
| sustainable |
of or related to a method of managing or using a resource so that the resource is never used up or forever damaged. [1/2 definitions] |
| URL |
the address of documents on the World Wide Web. "URL" is an abbreviation of "uniform resource locator." |
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