hardbacks

plural of hardback

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Noun
  • On the other, are lower-cost paperbacks and print-on-demand books aimed at maintaining accessibility.
    Josh Rivera, USA Today, 14 June 2026
  • The cheap paperbacks with yellowed pages, outdated cookbooks, and encyclopedias can be tossed.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 12 June 2026
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Kapital developed medical drama Vital Signs with Tanen at ABC and Dead Letters with Unwell at Netflix with Lucy Hale attached to star and sold two other Thompson books to Peacock and Netflix.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 25 June 2026
  • On summer breaks during college, Pughsley got a gig selling books door-to-door in rural Iowa.
    Keith O’Brien, New Yorker, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • The decision to leave the EU and rewrite several tomes’ worth of trade and industrial policy has taken a comprehensive toll on the British economy, according to a working paper published last week by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
    Tristan Bove, Fortune, 23 June 2026
  • At the Obama public library, I was greeted by gleaming wood shelves and stacks of colorful tomes, and shimmering light streaming through its floor-to-ceiling windows.
    Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2026
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“Hardbacks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hardbacks. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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