as in hardcover
a published work that has a thick paper cover
The store sells both paperbacks and hardcovers.
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Recent Examples of paperback
While sheets of paper, magazines, paperback books, and mail can be recycled, shredded paper is too small for machines to sort.
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2026
And that’s available in paperback everywhere.
—Alex Crippen, CNBC, 14 Feb. 2026
The paperback edition will be published by William Morrow in June.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2026
The mass market paperback is dead.
—Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2026
And that’s available in paperback everywhere.
—Alex Crippen, CNBC, 14 Feb. 2026
The paperback edition will be published by William Morrow in June.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2026
The mass market paperback is dead.
—Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paperback
Noun
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In August of 2024, when the hardcover Book 1 came out, suddenly people were walking into stores and buying it and then posting about it on TikTok.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
28 Feb. 2026
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That's lighter than a typical hardcover book, which is a startling thing to consider given the dollar figure attached to it.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The database does not make clear which of the plaques, maps, films and books ultimately will be removed or recast by the Interior Department, though some have already been axed.—
Karin Brulliard,
Arkansas Online,
3 Mar. 2026
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Ultimately, many of these books’ characters are portrayed as avatars of resentment and disaffection, men who seem to fall prey to the rigid vision of masculinity dispensed by real-life adherents to the manosphere.—
Eric Magnuson,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Paperback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paperback. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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