quarto

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Recent Examples of quarto The poem was published in Shakespeare’s 1609 quarto of 154 sonnets, which wasn’t widely popular in its day. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025 The chapter on beef, pork and lamb dishes focuses on affordable cuts of meat and includes a little history lesson about the quinto quarto. oregonlive, 21 Apr. 2023 The others, often differing in numerous details, first appeared in the 1590s and early 1600s as cheap pamphlets called quartos. Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2023 A couple of these men, John Heminges and Henry Condell, come up with the wild idea to publish all of Shakespeare’s scripts in a handsome bound folio rather than the cheap unauthorized quartos then available. Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 25 July 2017 In the twelve untitled poems that ran on quarto-size pages, scattered with varied-length ellipses, his long lines expand and contract between the margins like the steady crash of waves. Jeffrey Yang, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarto
Noun
  • There are then folio accessories for $205 in black, blue, brown, and white.
    James Peckham, PC Magazine, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The magic keyboard folio turns your iPad into a fully functioning laptop and detaches and attaches with a simple click.
    Christopher Murray may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The Experiment, paperbound, 2014).
    Jessica Wapner, Scientific American, 16 Nov. 2020
  • 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
Noun
  • Head over to the Natural Landscape Photography Awards site to see all the winners and runners-up, and pre-order a hardback book with the top entries at $70.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The set, remixed and expanded across multiple formats, will include a 5LP vinyl box set as well as a 4-CD box set, with both including a Blu-ray disc, replica tour poster and 100-page hardback book with a new essay by Stones expert Paul Sexton and exclusive photos from the album session and tour.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There will be books of all kinds, hardcover, paperback, fiction and non-fiction.
    Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The new hardcover coffee table book features 304 pages of iconic fashion photography, ranging from elaborate studio setups and lush location shoots to more intimate moments between only Demarchelier and his subjects.
    Tim Chan, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2025
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
  • The softcover reading guide highlights ten of the most vital works to the Mythos.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025

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“Quarto.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarto. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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