as in book
a set of printed sheets of paper bound together between covers and forming a work of fiction or nonfiction
picked up a thick tome on the Roman Empire at a used book store
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Recent Examples of tome
The Swiss watchmaker continued to celebrate its 150th anniversary, releasing a 600-page tome titled The Watch—Stories and Savoir Faire, as well as the Royal Oak Jumbo Extra-Thin Selfwinding Flying Tourbillon Chronograph RD#5.
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2025
Concurrent with the compound complexity of contemporary cars, most have become mind-numbing thick-as-a-brick tomes.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The company also struck a distribution deal last year for its screenplay books, lavish tomes immortalizing A24’s most successful scripts, which are now available in bookstores around the world.
—Zach Schonfeld, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
Spread across nearly 500 pages, the tome revisits a collection of exceptional tours published during Astley’s nearly decade-long tenure.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 9 Sep. 2025
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2025
Concurrent with the compound complexity of contemporary cars, most have become mind-numbing thick-as-a-brick tomes.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The company also struck a distribution deal last year for its screenplay books, lavish tomes immortalizing A24’s most successful scripts, which are now available in bookstores around the world.
—Zach Schonfeld, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
Spread across nearly 500 pages, the tome revisits a collection of exceptional tours published during Astley’s nearly decade-long tenure.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tome
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Doldinger returned to big-screen fantasy with The NeverEnding Story (1984), Petersen’s adaptation of Michael Ende’s classic children’s book.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Oct. 2025
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Instead of croquet games or slam books, the four teen girls of The Craft use spells to help get through their adolescent angst.—
Gwen Ihnat,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Oct. 2025
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In recent years, the expansion of the format, and the plot freedom that followed, have led to a wider diversity of stories for readers who might want something other than the typical supermarket paperback offerings.—
Karen Ostergren,
The Atlantic,
13 Oct. 2025
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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
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“Tome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tome. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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