tomes

plural of tome

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Recent Examples of tomes Nothing, however, replaces cruising around stacks of books at a real bookstore, thumbing through the tomes that catch your eye. Terri Daxon, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025 Jones read tomes that featured accounts of pioneering women and of their attempts to survive and make it through. Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 14 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 Their upstairs room full of antique tomes provides panoramic views of the historic statehouse and its statue of former governor William Goebel, who was assassinated on the grounds in 1900. Robin Roenker, Southern Living, 13 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 Dior has previously worked with Saillard on books, including a series of coffee table tomes from Assouline chronicling each creative director of the brand. Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025 These tomes for tots tend to fall into thematic categories, the most prominent being perseverance and individualism. Sloane Crosley, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025 The recipes in these medicinal tomes are pretty complex—one calls for goose and hart brains mixed with silver, myrrh, ginger powder, honey, and several other precious ingredients on top of a base of wax and olive oil. Mark Hay, Popular Science, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tomes
books
Noun
  • The large compartment can fit books, beach towels, a laptop and more.
    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, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Both museums feature original lyrics, photographs, rare musical footage, and volumes of books and reference material related to Guthrie and Dylan.
    Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025

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