hardcover

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Recent Examples of hardcover But the smaller hardcover has the benefit of fitting into nearly any bag. Adam Messinger, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026 The photo-rich hardcover follows a 1,200-mile odyssey into the heart of the world’s driest non-polar desert, the Atacama Desert in Chile. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2026 The Night Action was printed in hardcover in the US 1966, and then again as a paperback a year later, but has since fallen out of print, and out of memory. Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026 This hardcover collection of recipes retails for $35. Joseph Erbentraut, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hardcover
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hardcover
Noun
  • Her novel Forgotten On Sunday (Europa, 2024) won the Booksellers Choice Award in France and the paperback edition has been a long-selling best-seller since publication.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 June 2026
  • Indeed, when people began to travel by train in the 19th century, publishers began selling romance and thriller paperbacks across London’s railway stations.
    Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • Shelves are stacked with hardback books and vases and walls adorned with sea life prints.
    Tim Chester, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2026
  • For example, drape the pillowcase opening over the back of a hardback chair or smaller pieces of luggage to keep them clean during storage.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • After the lawsuit was filed, the jail changed its mail policy, and softcover books as well as periodicals published by the nonprofit were accepted into the jail.
    Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The softcover reading guide highlights ten of the most vital works to the Mythos.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • As the first nodes of the internet were being wired together, the Catalog became a paperbound search engine.
    Fred Turner, Harper's magazine, 10 Jan. 2019

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“Hardcover.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hardcover. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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