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tome

[tohm] / toʊm /


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For a get-rich tome, the book has an affecting human emphasis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

A few weeks before the tome hit shelves, Latifi didn’t think enough people were paying attention to that news.

From Salon ● May 10, 2026

But what I found when I dug into the nearly 500-page tome is that we never should have listened to Attia in the first place.

From Slate ● Feb. 26, 2026

Federline responds to the stories and accusations that Spears tells in her 2023 tome, in which she describes being financially and emotionally controlled by those closest to her.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2025

With its iron bindings, the tome weighed seventy-five pounds.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

The book’s length and creeping pace are reminiscent of 19th-century tomes that had to be padded out to meet the requirements of serialization.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Kyiv's Pochaina second-hand book market was also struck, wiping out hundreds of individual stalls and countless treasured tomes.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

The Berkshire proxy is readable and runs less than 20 pages and compares with the 100-plus page tomes that most big companies issue.

From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026

Sadly, he only sells enough tomes to keep gas in his beat-up van and pursue his calling as Tulsa’s resident “truthstorian,” a blend of journalist and conspiracist.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2025

Around him, the leather-bound tomes of the Temple of Lkossa’s library seemed to reach into the heavens, stacked so high that some shelves required ladders to reach.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray


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