How to Use on the books in a Sentence

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• That is a blue state that does not have a law on the books protecting women’s sports.
  — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
• Right now, 27 states have bans on transgender athlete participation on the books.
  — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 1 July 2026
• As with other academy graduates that have been sold by Chelsea, any fee will count as straight profit on the books, which is obviously a plus.
  — Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 29 June 2026
• As with other academy graduates that have been sold by Chelsea, any fee will count as straight profit on the books, which is obviously a plus.
  — Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 4 July 2026
• The National Sawdust show has been on the books for quite some time, and Dylan surely knew that Lage wasn’t a long-term band member.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2026
• Nurse and Trouba will be in their mid-30s by the end of this decade and will still be on the books just as the Sharks’ young core is ascending and becoming more expensive.
  — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 1 July 2026
• Transgender student's Supreme Court journey Alabama Alabama has two laws on the books.
  — Drew Pittock, USA Today, 30 June 2026
• According to the Cato Institute, the UK government still has close to 7,000 European laws on the books.
  — Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
• Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Colorado, Minnesota and Maryland all have workplace heat protections on the books, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council.
  — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026
• The country’s bitter local rivals, South Korea, can call upon players who are on the books at some of the world’s biggest clubs, including Paris Saint-Germain (Lee Kang-in) and Bayern Munich (Kim Min-jae), an option Japan currently doesn’t have.
  — Simon Chadwick, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026