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 tome has sold more than 6 million copies in the United States.
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Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2025
The most complete studies were done by the British archaeologist and scholar Thomas Ashby, who scoured the remotest corners of the Roman Campagna from 1906 to 1925, and produced a magisterial tome, The Aqueducts of Ancient Rome, which was published posthumously by his wife in 1935.
—Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2025
Phew! Related Articles The 306-page French language tome, published by Editions Fayard, debuted Thursday night at 7L, Lagerfeld’s famous Left Bank bookstore, where Gaubert signed copies for the likes of Rick Owens, Michèle Lamy, Elie Top, Martine Sitbon, Carine Roitfeld and Sarah Andelman.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 21 Mar. 2025
Fans of physical media can expect to peruse some 5,000 titles, including ones from local chefs, rare and esoteric selections and historic tomes dating from World War II and earlier.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025
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Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2025
The most complete studies were done by the British archaeologist and scholar Thomas Ashby, who scoured the remotest corners of the Roman Campagna from 1906 to 1925, and produced a magisterial tome, The Aqueducts of Ancient Rome, which was published posthumously by his wife in 1935.
—Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2025
Phew! Related Articles The 306-page French language tome, published by Editions Fayard, debuted Thursday night at 7L, Lagerfeld’s famous Left Bank bookstore, where Gaubert signed copies for the likes of Rick Owens, Michèle Lamy, Elie Top, Martine Sitbon, Carine Roitfeld and Sarah Andelman.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 21 Mar. 2025
Fans of physical media can expect to peruse some 5,000 titles, including ones from local chefs, rare and esoteric selections and historic tomes dating from World War II and earlier.
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2025
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Miller writes in her book that dandified Black servants in 18th century England were forced to wear gold, brass and silver collars with padlocks to signify their owners' wealth.—
Renee Anderson,
CBS News,
4 May 2025
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The film series — which is based on Stephenie Meyer's books of the same name — are all now available to stream on Netflix.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
3 May 2025
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And finally, Sloane Crosley tells us about the joys of paperback books.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
26 Apr. 2025
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Joe, lover of all things romantic, is not interested in romance as a genre — lowbrow, centered on female pleasure, exclusively published in paperback — but in romance as a chivalric gesture (women as conquests, men as heroes, all the books are leather-bound).—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Tome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tome. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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