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 tome featured contributions from friends and collaborators including Kim Jones, Pharrell Williams, Chitose Abe and Kid Cudi.
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Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 11 Apr. 2025
In addition to Landau’s photos of beloved landmarks, some familiar and some reduced to rubble long ago, the Angel City Press tome includes an essay by author and architecture historian Alan Hess about the 20th century style known for bold geometric shapes.
—Jordan Riefe, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
The tome of charts, maps, proclamations and pledges is designed, planning officials say, to guide the gamut of municipal governing decisions, including budgeting, annexation and zoning.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2025
Cleverly titled Say Everything, the tome includes Skye's feelings about John Cusack, her costar in one of her most memorable credits.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2025
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Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 11 Apr. 2025
In addition to Landau’s photos of beloved landmarks, some familiar and some reduced to rubble long ago, the Angel City Press tome includes an essay by author and architecture historian Alan Hess about the 20th century style known for bold geometric shapes.
—Jordan Riefe, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
The tome of charts, maps, proclamations and pledges is designed, planning officials say, to guide the gamut of municipal governing decisions, including budgeting, annexation and zoning.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2025
Cleverly titled Say Everything, the tome includes Skye's feelings about John Cusack, her costar in one of her most memorable credits.
—Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tome
Noun
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Vandersloot, 36, was a fixture in the Sky’s history books long before the game.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
30 May 2025
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Adapted from Jussi Adler-Olsen’s book series by Scott Frank (The Queen’s Gambit), the series is an instantly gripping yarn about the yoke of guilt and the unwavering patience of redemption.—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
29 May 2025
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Best E-reader Amazon Kindle (2024) $110 at Amazon Nothing is more decadent for a beach day than a good book, but packing paperbacks or hardbacks just isn’t practical for me.—
Alesandra Dubin,
Travel + Leisure,
28 May 2025
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Her journey with the genre started, like many others, with Harlequin trade paperbacks.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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“Tome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tome. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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