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Recent Examples of hardcover
Each of them holds a navy-blue hardcover book open to the same page.
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Rob Schmitz, NPR, 24 Mar. 2026
Paperbacks and children’s books will be 25 cents or 5 for $1, with adult hardcover and trade paperbacks 50 cents.
—Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
Consider pairing with a stack of hardcover design anthologies, a few playful Cabana magazines, or some dignified paperweights, like this from Abask.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 10 Mar. 2026
This deluxe two-volume box set includes both hardcover manga volumes illustrated by Miyazaki, as well as a bonus Studio Ghibli poster.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2026
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Rob Schmitz, NPR, 24 Mar. 2026
Paperbacks and children’s books will be 25 cents or 5 for $1, with adult hardcover and trade paperbacks 50 cents.
—Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
Consider pairing with a stack of hardcover design anthologies, a few playful Cabana magazines, or some dignified paperweights, like this from Abask.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 10 Mar. 2026
This deluxe two-volume box set includes both hardcover manga volumes illustrated by Miyazaki, as well as a bonus Studio Ghibli poster.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hardcover
Noun
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The Night Action was printed in hardcover in the US 1966, and then again as a paperback a year later, but has since fallen out of print, and out of memory.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
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The pulpy setup befits a paperback crime thriller but is infused with some self-aware marital satire.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This limited-edition box includes all seven hardback books in a chest that looks identical to the ones Harry would use to transport his belongings from the Dursleys to Hogwarts.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
1 May 2026
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The bottom shelf bump-out adds only two inches but creates a shelf deep enough for hardbacks.—
Amy Panos,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Mar. 2026
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After the lawsuit was filed, the jail changed its mail policy, and softcover books as well as periodicals published by the nonprofit were accepted into the jail.—
Vanessa Swales,
jsonline.com,
12 Dec. 2025
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The softcover reading guide highlights ten of the most vital works to the Mythos.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The Experiment, paperbound, 2014).—
Jessica Wapner,
Scientific American,
16 Nov. 2020
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As the first nodes of the internet were being wired together, the Catalog became a paperbound search engine.—
Fred Turner,
Harper's magazine,
10 Jan. 2019
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“Hardcover.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hardcover. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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