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recto

[rek-toh] / ˈrɛk toʊ /


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Exterior becomes interior — or verso becomes recto — in Leedham’s wittily jumbled tableaux.

From Washington Post

Then on the recto the book opens up a trapdoor: “But what else is time?”

From New York Times

On each recto, a square of a different color contains a riddle, begging us to turn the page to reveal the identity of the speaker.

From New York Times

Part of the appeal of the Folger paperbacks is their accessible design: On the recto page, the original text, uncut; on the verso, helpful vocabulary words, often accompanied by tiny reproductions of Elizabethan etchings.

From New York Times

Much of the scientific work over the years has been focused on piecing together the material on the front, or “recto,” of unrolled scrolls.

From Scientific American