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according to the book

ADJECTIVE

orthodox

Synonyms

WEAK

acknowledged admitted approved authoritative buttoned-down by the numbers canonical conformist conservative conventional correct customary devout die-hard doctrinal established in line legitimate official old-line pious proper punctilious reactionary received recognized religious right rightful sanctioned sound square standard straight straight arrow traditionalistic true well-established

Antonyms

WEAK

heterodox unconventional unorthodox untraditional

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U.S. print-book sales plateaued in 2025, according to the book tracker Circana BookScan.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Atencio, according to the book, immersed himself in films like Disney’s own “Treasure Island” and pop-cultural interpretations of pirates, striving for something that felt borderline caricature rather than ripped from the history books.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

“I don’t want you to tell anybody because people will get mad at you, not me,” Putin reportedly told Trump, according to the book cited by the Times.

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2024

Mr. Haynes, of Portland, debuted in the W.W.F., which is today called World Wrestling Entertainment, in 1986, according to the book “WWE Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to World Wrestling Entertainment.”

From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2024

Toby was disappointed, but he had to admit that according to the book there was another way.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

according to the book

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