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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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Here, amid the shelves filled with natural history objets d’art, guests can while away an hour with a glass of chenin blanc and a tome on South Africa’s one-of-a-kind flora.
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Jennifer Flowers, AFAR Media, 3 Apr. 2025
Sold at the Automobile Club de Monaco’s boutique, the oversized tome chronicles the event’s history and highlights.
—Lane Nieset, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
And, of course, the application of a hero’s journey onto a single day where nothing really happens calls to mind another tome: Joyce’s Ulysses.
—Grace Edquist, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
From tomes by landscape designers to paeans to floral fantasias by lifestyle gurus, these book releases will definitely get you in the mood for spring.
—Blue Carreon, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
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Jennifer Flowers, AFAR Media, 3 Apr. 2025
Sold at the Automobile Club de Monaco’s boutique, the oversized tome chronicles the event’s history and highlights.
—Lane Nieset, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
And, of course, the application of a hero’s journey onto a single day where nothing really happens calls to mind another tome: Joyce’s Ulysses.
—Grace Edquist, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
From tomes by landscape designers to paeans to floral fantasias by lifestyle gurus, these book releases will definitely get you in the mood for spring.
—Blue Carreon, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Tome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tome. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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