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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The coffee table tome, its black cover embossed with gold lettering and shrouded in shrink wrap, includes reproductions of dozens of covers and pictorials and Flynt’s crusading columns against censorship that tackled issues including gay, transgender and women’s rights decades ago.
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Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 12 June 2025
In this case, that means a heady 1916 tome about a privileged, college tennis champion turning away from life with a silver spoon in his mouth.
—Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 20 May 2025
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.
—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
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Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 12 June 2025
In this case, that means a heady 1916 tome about a privileged, college tennis champion turning away from life with a silver spoon in his mouth.
—Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 20 May 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tome
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Variety has confirmed that Dafne Keen and Saara Chaudry have landed recurring roles in the third season of the Disney+ show, which is based on the Rick Riordan book series of the same name.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
21 Aug. 2025
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Among his recent books is Scotch Whisky: Its History, Production and Appreciation.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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The star penned Model Behavior, a motivational guide that was released as an e-book in 2012 and in paperback one year later, and launched several online workshops for aspiring models.—
James Mercadante,
EW.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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The trilogy is being published in paperback original over an 18-month period, with the second installment (The Wolf Wants Answers) having just been published in June, and the final installment coming in the spring of 2026.—
Gracie Wiener,
Air Mail,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Tome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tome. Accessed 1 Sep. 2025.
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