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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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In securing the rights to the magical realist tome, Netflix agreed the mythical town of Macondo would be recreated in Colombia and built by Colombians.
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Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 13 Dec. 2024
He’s been an analyst at the network since 2017 and is the author of the tome, The Big Lie: Election Chaos, Political Opportunism, and the State of American Politics after 2020.
—Erik Hayden, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2024
The tome, released on November 29, commemorates the singer's record-breaking tour.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
That doubles down on the idea that this is a sales pitch to a select audience, not really a useful tome.
—David A. Teich, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 13 Dec. 2024
He’s been an analyst at the network since 2017 and is the author of the tome, The Big Lie: Election Chaos, Political Opportunism, and the State of American Politics after 2020.
—Erik Hayden, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2024
The tome, released on November 29, commemorates the singer's record-breaking tour.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
That doubles down on the idea that this is a sales pitch to a select audience, not really a useful tome.
—David A. Teich, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Tome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tome. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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