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Like in a typical museum, you do have a little blurb.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Lee and I called on James Buchanan, the 1986 Nobel laureate in economics, to write a blurb for our book.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Busbice, in a blurb written before March 27, specifically cited a 20% increase in the tariff on all imported goods and the 25% tax on metal goods, in particular.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2025
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
“Just like being by the sea!” the blurb claimed.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
I didn’t read the glowing blurbs for a first-time author from Gwyneth Paltrow, Gloria Steinem, Chanel Miller and Mariska Hargitay.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
For example, an iPhone user planning a sushi gathering at her house can type a few blurbs describing the time and place of the event, and Apple Intelligence will help create a full invitation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2024
The back cover of my 1985 reissue features two blurbs: One by Alice Walker, one by Henry Miller.
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 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
Dresner would read respondents proposed PR blurbs and slogans about the movie to find out which ones worked the best.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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