as in hardcover
a published work that has a thick paper cover
The store sells both paperbacks and hardcovers.
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In preparation for their 2018 paper, the Microsoft researchers ordered their DNA from a company called Twist, which had developed a silicon chip that has about the same area as a paperback.
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Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2025
This pocket-sized paperback is printed on heavy durable paper and is small enough to carry in a backpack alongside binoculars.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
They are printed in a slightly larger paperback format to show off the art and make the stories easier to read.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
That’s almost 2½ inches below normal — about the thickness of a paperback book — putting most of Central Florida into abnormally dry or moderate drought conditions, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Drought Monitor.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2025
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Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2025
This pocket-sized paperback is printed on heavy durable paper and is small enough to carry in a backpack alongside binoculars.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
They are printed in a slightly larger paperback format to show off the art and make the stories easier to read.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
That’s almost 2½ inches below normal — about the thickness of a paperback book — putting most of Central Florida into abnormally dry or moderate drought conditions, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Drought Monitor.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2025
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“Paperback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paperback. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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