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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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And then these tomes would arrive, these ancient books.
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Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
The problem is that many younger Jews are learning from these works on the internet, not from the yellowing tomes of their forebears.
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 28 Jan. 2025
The popular tome spent 13 straight weeks on the NY Times bestsellers list and debuted at No. 1 on Amazon, according to the streamer.
—Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 13 Feb. 2025
The list includes adaptations of Wilson tomes like Crooked Tree, IceFire and Second Fire.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Feb. 2025
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Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
The problem is that many younger Jews are learning from these works on the internet, not from the yellowing tomes of their forebears.
—Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 28 Jan. 2025
The popular tome spent 13 straight weeks on the NY Times bestsellers list and debuted at No. 1 on Amazon, according to the streamer.
—Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 13 Feb. 2025
The list includes adaptations of Wilson tomes like Crooked Tree, IceFire and Second Fire.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tome
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“Tome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tome. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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