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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The tome is set to explore her journey as an artist, as well as her triumphs and struggles and unique perspective on Hollywood history.
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Lynette Rice, Deadline, 3 Dec. 2024
To create it, the production team worked with a Sanskrit translator who adapted the the full text, as well as a calligrapher who worked on the giant tome, according to Enríquez.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
The stories behind many of these hypothetical tomes are well known to anyone with bibliophilia.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
In the pages of the beloved tome, Montgomery, a PEI native, introduced readers to the precocious, ruddy-haired orphan, Anne Shirley.
—Tykesha Burton, Travel + Leisure, 21 Dec. 2024
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Lynette Rice, Deadline, 3 Dec. 2024
To create it, the production team worked with a Sanskrit translator who adapted the the full text, as well as a calligrapher who worked on the giant tome, according to Enríquez.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
The stories behind many of these hypothetical tomes are well known to anyone with bibliophilia.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
In the pages of the beloved tome, Montgomery, a PEI native, introduced readers to the precocious, ruddy-haired orphan, Anne Shirley.
—Tykesha Burton, Travel + Leisure, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Tome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tome. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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