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a short description that praises something (such as a book) so that people will want to buy it
a blurb on a book jacket
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Recent Examples of blurbs
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
The book carried blurbs from prominent journalists, including Nicholas Thompson, The Atlantic’s chief executive, and a foreword by Maria Ressa, the Nobel Peace Prize–winning reporter from the Philippines.
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Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
24 May 2026
Maybe the publisher changes the jacket design to emphasize themes that resonated with readers, or maybe there are new review blurbs that make the book design pop.
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Literary Hub,
20 Mar. 2026
The blurbs below come courtesy of the AFI Fest team.
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Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
21 Oct. 2025
While a lot of today’s blurbs are tongue-in-cheek, this one unequivocally isn’t.
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Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
The honorees each received blurbs that close friends or collaborators wrote for them.
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Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
30 Sep. 2025
Lines in Reminders lists are often short, quickly jotted-down blurbs rather than lengthy, detailed complex instructions.
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ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
Most blurbs in the top 100 list are repurposed from previous stories.
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Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Aug. 2025
Noun
There was a prefatory letter by Archibald MacLeish, a professor at Harvard and a former Librarian of Congress, and an introduction by Mark Schorer, a professor of English at Berkeley, along with blurbs from other eminent men of letters.
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Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
The book carried blurbs from prominent journalists, including Nicholas Thompson, The Atlantic’s chief executive, and a foreword by Maria Ressa, the Nobel Peace Prize–winning reporter from the Philippines.
—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
24 May 2026
Maybe the publisher changes the jacket design to emphasize themes that resonated with readers, or maybe there are new review blurbs that make the book design pop.
—
Literary Hub,
20 Mar. 2026
The blurbs below come courtesy of the AFI Fest team.
—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
21 Oct. 2025
While a lot of today’s blurbs are tongue-in-cheek, this one unequivocally isn’t.
—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
The honorees each received blurbs that close friends or collaborators wrote for them.
—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
30 Sep. 2025
Lines in Reminders lists are often short, quickly jotted-down blurbs rather than lengthy, detailed complex instructions.
—
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
Most blurbs in the top 100 list are repurposed from previous stories.
—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blurbs
Noun
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Representatives of the Mexican consulate in New York did not return messages seeking comment.
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Slack messages appear during dinner.
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Each room has an eclectic mix of contemporary art, antiques, textiles, rugs, and books, and also features a fireplace and generous seating areas.
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Riot Games has revealed a new map for Valorant called Summit, which features a new mechanic with walls that can drop mid round and cut off pathways through the map as a round progresses.
Noun
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Summer camp counselor job postings are down nearly 30%.
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Across demographics, though, teens are reporting difficult job searches, taking to Reddit and TikTok with rants about phantom postings, managers who ghost them and applications that go nowhere.
Verb
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The thunderous cry rings out over a crowd gathered in front of a television propped up on plastic tables and past a maze of vendors lining a bustling working-class neighborhood in downtown Mexico City.
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The sentiment rings especially true for Northern Irish Christian Benjamin Dilworth, who embarked upon the Camino de Santiago pilgrim trail in May 2023 after being diagnosed with a rare chronic liver disease earlier that year.
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References to the president were also stripped from email signatures and communications, as well as papers like brochures, press releases and contracts.
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The brochures were distributed at the annual Extel awards, a survey of fund managers anointing the analysts deemed best in their field, announced at a lunch at the Guildhall.
Verb
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Though the jury’s still out, our staff reports an easier time getting to Kansas City Stadium than Tuesday.
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Developed from the Boeing 737-800ERX airframe, it is built for long-range surveillance, submarine tracking, surface vessel monitoring, intelligence collection, and maritime strike support, Army Recognition reports.
Noun
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Direct words simplify next steps.
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Toby Tran, who also lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, echoed Nitran’s words.
Verb
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An active Sun puffs up Earth’s atmosphere, creating higher drag for satellites in low-Earth orbit.
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With its telltale cone shape, the northernmost of Sicily's Aeolian Islands is home to a volcano that puffs on a near-constant basis.
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“Blurbs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blurbs. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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