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blurb

[blurb] / blɜrb /


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This market talk item was corrected at 0206 GMT to reflect the original item incorrectly attributed the research to UBS instead of Citi throughout the blurb.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Before you buy it, you may see a blurb stating that in addition to being a best-selling author and beloved actor, Tucci is a “respected foodie.”

From Salon Jun. 3, 2026

In the blurb to the exhibition, Wintour writes that she has “probably spent a year of my life waiting for fashion shows, which are famously tardy, to begin”.

From BBC Dec. 3, 2024

The weeks leading up to a release can be long and exhaustive, with questionnaires, blurb requests, and audiobook recordings to take care of.

From Slate Aug. 8, 2024

Matt read the blurb under the picture: Esperanza Mendoza, the ex-wife of Senator Mendoza, is a charter member of the Anti-Slavery Society of California.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

“Listening to that, you get a much better sense of who this young woman is, as opposed to the social media blurbs and the gossip magazines,” Ed Kelce said.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 10, 2024

Two other blurbs on the cover read: "paranoid and mercurial" and "understanding how Emperor Chongzhen drove himself to a dead end".

From Reuters Oct. 23, 2023

Marche and Pushkin tried to use software to create as much of “Death of an Author” as possible, including blurbs and its cover art.

From New York Times Apr. 20, 2023

Even serious historians seem to limit their critiques, probably because his book blurbs are worth their weight in gold.

From Slate Mar. 3, 2023

Fashion blurbs, silver and full of nothing, sent up their fishy bubbles in my brain.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath




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