hardbacks

plural of hardback

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Noun
  • When Catalina goes into the kitchen to refill her calabash, Frances grabs the box of Thompson paperbacks and makes a run for Ray at the restaurant.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
  • There are bookshelves teeming with dog-eared paperbacks, imposing hardbacks, critical anthologies, story collections, art books; my writer is also a reader, and a voracious one at that.
    Katie da Cunha Lewin September 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics approaches, Jefferson-Wooden’s hopes of stamping her name firmly in the history books comes ever closer.
    Amanda Davies, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Another outing is about vintage magazines, books and slides — and the reveal of a new take on the French brand’s Ami de Coeur symbol.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Concurrent with the compound complexity of contemporary cars, most have become mind-numbing thick-as-a-brick tomes.
    Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Their upstairs room full of antique tomes provides panoramic views of the historic statehouse and its statue of former governor William Goebel, who was assassinated on the grounds in 1900.
    Robin Roenker, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Hardbacks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hardbacks. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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