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Noun
That’s one hell of a blurb, but neuroscientist György Buzsáki’s 2019 book has earned it.—Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 19 Sep. 2025 Write a short blurb with link to story.—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
To blurb books, to be on panels, to fly to LA, where her film agent whisked her to the opera in his white Porsche.—Beth Teitell, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Jan. 2023 Nonetheless, Penn was allowed to publish this novel, and Salman Rushdie blurbed it.—Constance Grady, Vox, 31 Mar. 2018 See All Example Sentences for blurb
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