softcovers

Definition of softcoversnext
plural of softcover

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for softcovers
Noun
  • This is not to say that all trade paperbacks are unserious or undeserving of coverage.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Between Bosch and Jack Ryan, Prime Video’s strategy of putting airport paperbacks onscreen seems to be working.
    Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The sort of story that people write books about.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Mar. 2026
  • That has never happened, even with Miami taking a fiscally responsible approach last offseason to help balance Miami’s troublesome books.
    Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • This January, many such tomes on my shelves suddenly seemed to have offered all along nothing more than obfuscation, the opposite of illumination.
    Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Some gravitate towards glossy fashion retrospectives; others prefer weighty interior design tomes or evocative travel volumes that capture a specific moment in time–the Italian coastline at the height of summer, for example.
    Hannah Coates, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2026
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“Softcovers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/softcovers. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.

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