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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Stay in Lambertville to see an indie flick at the nearby Acme Screening Room (which hosts a Halloween film festival in mid-October), get lost among the rare and out-of-print tomes at Panoply Books, or go for the full diner experience at Liv & Charlie’s.
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Ashlea Halpern, AFAR Media, 1 Aug. 2025
The tome, titled 107 Days, will be published by Simon & Schuster on Sept. 23.
—Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2025
The tome traces the evolution of the Cup, from the initial race off the coast of England in 1851 to the latest 37th defender-versus-challenger contest held in October 2024.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 July 2025
The 292-page tome published by Rizzoli will be sold in select bookstores starting Sept. 2.
—Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 11 July 2025
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Ashlea Halpern, AFAR Media, 1 Aug. 2025
The tome, titled 107 Days, will be published by Simon & Schuster on Sept. 23.
—Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2025
The tome traces the evolution of the Cup, from the initial race off the coast of England in 1851 to the latest 37th defender-versus-challenger contest held in October 2024.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 July 2025
The 292-page tome published by Rizzoli will be sold in select bookstores starting Sept. 2.
—Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 11 July 2025
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Noun
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Osman’s book has become a classic among British crime thrillers.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Aug. 2025
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Ghajar also represents Meta in a case in which authors have accused the company of illicitly training its AI language model on their books.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
7 Aug. 2025
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Ahead of the release of both the paperback book and movie, take a look at the film actors side-by-side with the people who served as real-life inspiration for the tale.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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This breezy, down-in-one-gulp of a novel—now out in paperback—follows a charismatic family on one of their annual Cape Cod vacations.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
31 July 2025
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“Tome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tome. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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