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folios

noun

plural of folio
as in quartos

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  1. paperbacks
  2. books
  3. manuals
Noun
  • Adult hardcovers will be $1, paperbacks are two for $1, and youth books are four for $1.
    — Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Shelves are stocked with everything from children’s books and paperbacks to rare finds, priced at $2 for Step Into Reading children’s books, $4 for paperbacks and other children’s books, $8 for hardcovers at $8 and rare books individually priced.
    — Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of paperbacks
Noun
  • Most self-help books say anger and grudges are self-defeating — there’s that line everybody uses that holding a grudge is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.
    — Lane Brown, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Numerous books written by women who fled the FLDS community provide autobiographical and critical accounts of the group.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of books
Noun
  • Braun writes that popular volumes included Bibles, farming and health manuals, biographies, and fiction.
    — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The environmental groups also asked for copies of user manuals provided to EPA staff as well as predeployment monitoring records for the AI tools.
    — Story Hinckley, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of manuals
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“Folios.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/folios. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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