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blurb

[blurb] / blɜrb /


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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

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

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

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

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

While not quite as reclusive as Thomas Pynchon, Mr. McCarthy gave no readings and no blurbs for the jackets of other writers’ books.

From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2023

They'll be quoted, parsed, fact-checked, eviscerated by those who disagree, and then forgotten in the wake of new blurbs that come out tomorrow.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon




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