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Recent Examples of colophon
Material features can also include things like colophons—formulas at the end of a text that attest to its completeness and fidelity and often also include the name of the copyist—doodles in the margins, mistakes and corrections, even handwriting style.
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 22 Apr. 2025
First, researchers turned to an existing catalogue of Benedictine colophons, reviewing all 23,774 entries for linguistic confirmations of gender.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Apr. 2025
The ongoing nature of the colophon rendered the artwork a continuous collaboration across time—sometimes centuries—rather than something that could be finished and put away.
—WIRED, 19 Sep. 2023
Like the colophon actually means like these are the people who made it.
—Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Aug. 2020
The differences between the editions, which begin with the colophon, include extended or altered scenes and three distinct endings.
—James Yeh, New York Times, 3 May 2020
The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 22 Apr. 2025
First, researchers turned to an existing catalogue of Benedictine colophons, reviewing all 23,774 entries for linguistic confirmations of gender.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Apr. 2025
The ongoing nature of the colophon rendered the artwork a continuous collaboration across time—sometimes centuries—rather than something that could be finished and put away.
—WIRED, 19 Sep. 2023
Like the colophon actually means like these are the people who made it.
—Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Aug. 2020
The differences between the editions, which begin with the colophon, include extended or altered scenes and three distinct endings.
—James Yeh, New York Times, 3 May 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for colophon
Noun
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The government unleashed special quarters, stamps and license plates.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 June 2026
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Taiwan issued several stamps in the early 1970s to celebrate the country’s string of Little League World Series championships.—
Tom Reinsfelder,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 June 2026
Noun
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The post included a first look at her baby girl dressed in a pink custom outfit with a monogram of her initials embroidered into it.—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
5 June 2026
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Within, clients will have the opportunity to select from over 1,000 fabrics, 25 options for collars and cuffs and 20 varieties of monogram and will have 18 body measurements taken to develop their custom paper pattern.—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
20 May 2026
Noun
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But, by the same token, the community is strong.—
Chierstin Roth,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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Moreover, tokens per query have increased as agents become more capable of complex tasks.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
17 June 2026
Noun
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Traffic cones with signs temporarily forbidding parking lined the road, and a high blue fence, its netting emblazoned with the words ALLEZ LES BLEUS and the insignia of the French national team, the Gallic rooster, alongside the school’s crest lined the edge of the campus.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
13 June 2026
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As their chants echoed through the numerous subdivisions along their path, many who walked wore monarch butterfly insignias, a symbol for migrants because of the butterflies’ cross-border migration.—
Chase Hunter,
Mercury News,
9 June 2026
Noun
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The task was then to make the shirts look official, so a few members of the team’s staff stayed up all night before the game stitching on numbers, the Argentina crest and the Le Coq Sportif logo.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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In the span of 45 minutes, the river surged 26 feet above its bed before reaching a record-breaking crest of more than 37 feet.—
Karen Valby,
Vanity Fair,
16 June 2026
Noun
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Here, the threat may arrive with a badge, a laptop bag and a calm voice.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2026
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This crossbody bag also has a stylish gold badge on the front that matches the gold hardware and other accessories.—
Mia Huelsbeck,
PEOPLE,
12 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Colophon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colophon. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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