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Recent Examples of softcover
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.
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Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 12 Dec. 2025
The softcover reading guide highlights ten of the most vital works to the Mythos.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 12 Dec. 2025
The softcover reading guide highlights ten of the most vital works to the Mythos.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for softcover
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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This hardcover collection of recipes retails for $35.—
Joseph Erbentraut,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This week’s Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers for fiction and nonfiction • The 27 books out in paperback this month • Is satire really dead?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 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
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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“Softcover.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/softcover. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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