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as in paperbacks
a set of printed sheets of paper bound together between covers and forming a work of fiction or nonfiction
I bought another new book yesterday, and I can't wait to read it
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as in periodicals
a publication that appears at regular intervals
older people in these parts still tend to call a magazine a book
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as in moves
slang
to leave a place often for another
I'm running late, so I've got to book
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Recent Examples of books
Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2026
Gratz is an award-winning journalist and author of several books about cities.
—Roberta Brandes Gratz, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026
Huang is the bestselling author of over 15 books and four series.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
In Lemann’s books, as in Joan Didion’s, the whole edifice is always beginning to crumble.
—Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2026
My book club had just read two books that made the final cut.
—Brittany Levine Beckman, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
No individual could write that many books.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
One law created new oversight, requiring oil companies to open their books and giving regulators more visibility into refinery profits and operations.
—Richard Ramos, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
The battle is well documented in the country’s history books but this is believed to be the first time that archaeological investigations in connection with it have been undertaken, according to Uldum.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026
Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Mar. 2026
Skipping Travel Insurance No one books a trip expecting delays, cancellations, or illness, but spring weather is notoriously unpredictable, and travel disruptions happen more often than we’d like.
—Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2026
Once selected, the app books the entire multimodal trip, including an Uber Black car to the vertiport, the Joby air taxi flight, and another Uber pickup at the destination.
—Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
Wasserman also has a live events unit, a speaker’s bureau that books speakers for corporate events and conferences, and a rights sales business that negotiates and sells sponsorships and media rights, including stadium naming rights.
—Luisa Beltran, Sportico.com, 25 Feb. 2026
The Torquay United Travel Club, which books coaches for its members, vented on its Facebook page.
—Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
The site books students in exchange for a portion of your revenue.
—Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
Alongside the African Diaspora volume, Duran keeps almost all the Hidden Voices guides in her classroom, and has used or expects to use the Jewish, Muslim, Latinx and Asian Americans books in her lesson plans.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2026
The Conditions of Will by Jessa Hastings When her father dies, Georgia Carter reluctantly books a flight home from London to South Carolina.
—Amanda Favazza, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2026
Noun
Passing on The Tillbrooks helps CBS, in its first upfront since parent Paramount Global’s acquisition by Skydance, balance its books.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2026
Gratz is an award-winning journalist and author of several books about cities.
—Roberta Brandes Gratz, New York Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026
Huang is the bestselling author of over 15 books and four series.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
In Lemann’s books, as in Joan Didion’s, the whole edifice is always beginning to crumble.
—Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2026
My book club had just read two books that made the final cut.
—Brittany Levine Beckman, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
No individual could write that many books.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
One law created new oversight, requiring oil companies to open their books and giving regulators more visibility into refinery profits and operations.
—Richard Ramos, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
The battle is well documented in the country’s history books but this is believed to be the first time that archaeological investigations in connection with it have been undertaken, according to Uldum.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
This brunch usually books up, so call soon.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Mar. 2026
Skipping Travel Insurance No one books a trip expecting delays, cancellations, or illness, but spring weather is notoriously unpredictable, and travel disruptions happen more often than we’d like.
—Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2026
Once selected, the app books the entire multimodal trip, including an Uber Black car to the vertiport, the Joby air taxi flight, and another Uber pickup at the destination.
—Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
Wasserman also has a live events unit, a speaker’s bureau that books speakers for corporate events and conferences, and a rights sales business that negotiates and sells sponsorships and media rights, including stadium naming rights.
—Luisa Beltran, Sportico.com, 25 Feb. 2026
The Torquay United Travel Club, which books coaches for its members, vented on its Facebook page.
—Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
The site books students in exchange for a portion of your revenue.
—Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
Alongside the African Diaspora volume, Duran keeps almost all the Hidden Voices guides in her classroom, and has used or expects to use the Jewish, Muslim, Latinx and Asian Americans books in her lesson plans.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 8 Feb. 2026
The Conditions of Will by Jessa Hastings When her father dies, Georgia Carter reluctantly books a flight home from London to South Carolina.
—Amanda Favazza, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for books
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This is not to say that all trade paperbacks are unserious or undeserving of coverage.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Mar. 2026
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Between Bosch and Jack Ryan, Prime Video’s strategy of putting airport paperbacks onscreen seems to be working.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Many colonial American newspaper editors, such as James Franklin and Benjamin Franklin, were deeply influenced by the essays Addison and Steele published in their periodicals, the Tatler and the Spectator.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
6 Mar. 2026
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Designate a place near the entryway for all mail, periodicals, and paper forms.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
13 Jan. 2026
Verb
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While Adebayo was named NBA East Player of the Week in the days after his scoring binge, the league reserves its weekly and monthly awards for players on teams with superior records.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2026
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Station reserves the right to substitute prize of comparable value.—
CBS LA Staff,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2026
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The hormone insulin is a peptide that moves sugar from the bloodstream into cells; GLP-1, or glucagon-like peptide-1, spurs the pancreas to release insulin and slows the passage of food through the gut.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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In a city like Orlando, as across America, public life moves quickly.—
Case Thorp,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2026
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But traffic volumes remain at a fraction of pre-war levels, with an average of 20 million barrels of crude oil and products transiting through per day in 2025.—
Joseph Wilkins,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2026
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Right now, huge volumes of unusually warm water are spreading under the ocean surface from the Western to the Eastern tropical Pacific, where that water slowly rises to the surface in a clear precursor to El Niño.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2026
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But the loud complaints about the Iran war emanating from the far right are not insignificant — for instance, from podcasters Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly and political journals like The American Conservative.—
David M. Drucker,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2026
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There’s no such thing as having too many journals, so a personalized journal, along with a colorful new pen or two, would be perfect for creative types.—
Joseph Erbentraut,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Olathe Schools normally hires around 200 certified/licensed staff per year.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
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After all, Broidy’s private intelligence company, Circinus, hires the same kinds of former spies and commandos that Chalker’s once did.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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For the players and coaches these days, exits are the business.—
Mac Engel
April 8,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Apr. 2026
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Much of that oil exits the gulf through the Strait of Hormuz to reach customers around the world, but Iran has blocked it to enemies.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Books.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/books. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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