as in book
a set of printed sheets of paper bound together between covers and forming a work of fiction or nonfiction
picked up a thick tome on the Roman Empire at a used book store
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Recent Examples of tome
Well, there’s a huge tome, like a giant file of all these short stories, that Tim has flagged over the decades, and he’s put it into a long list.
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Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 11 June 2025
In practice, this has led to tomes of environmental impact reports, including volumes of soil testing and traffic modeling studies, and sometimes years of disputes in court.
—Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
Many of these tomes remove the conflict, fighting, even hard city settings for magical lands or cozy coffee shops to give readers a sense of peace and general understanding of how the journey will play out.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2025
Filling the gaps is a mishmash of biographies, fiction of all sorts, and tomes on music, sports, and politics.
—Jack Barlow, Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2025
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Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 11 June 2025
In practice, this has led to tomes of environmental impact reports, including volumes of soil testing and traffic modeling studies, and sometimes years of disputes in court.
—Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
Many of these tomes remove the conflict, fighting, even hard city settings for magical lands or cozy coffee shops to give readers a sense of peace and general understanding of how the journey will play out.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2025
Filling the gaps is a mishmash of biographies, fiction of all sorts, and tomes on music, sports, and politics.
—Jack Barlow, Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tome
Noun
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Local students can be seen tucking into a book or studying at no-fuss black, metal tables.—
Molly Gregory,
The Courier-Journal,
29 July 2025
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Jeff May, a mold inspector in Massachusetts who co-wrote a book on improving home health called My House Is Killing Me!—
Matt Fuchs,
Time,
28 July 2025
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When the photographer Adrienne Salinger first published her collection of portraits of teen-agers in their bedrooms, thirty years ago, the book appeared in a paperback edition from Chronicle Books and retailed for less than twenty dollars.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
26 July 2025
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The paperback editions were collected into ten books, with the first season of The Sandman covering the first two — Preludes & Nocturnes and The Doll’s House — and two stories from Dream Country released as a surprise bonus episode.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
1 July 2025
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“Tome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tome. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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