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noun

plural of blurb
as in messages
a short description that praises something (such as a book) so that people will want to buy it a blurb on a book jacket

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verb

present tense third-person singular of blurb
as in features

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Recent Examples of blurbs
Noun
What’s more, none of those spaces are traditionally edited—as both of us are aware, having both had Indie Next blurbs go to print with typos. — Literary Hub, 16 July 2026 The Downshift sums up stories in short blurbs with links to the source for the full report. — Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 16 July 2026 There was a prefatory letter by Archibald MacLeish, a professor at Harvard and a former Librarian of Congress, and an introduction by Mark Schorer, a professor of English at Berkeley, along with blurbs from other eminent men of letters. — Louis Menand, New Yorker, 1 June 2026 The book carried blurbs from prominent journalists, including Nicholas Thompson, The Atlantic’s chief executive, and a foreword by Maria Ressa, the Nobel Peace Prize–winning reporter from the Philippines. — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 24 May 2026 The blurbs below come courtesy of the AFI Fest team. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Oct. 2025 While a lot of today’s blurbs are tongue-in-cheek, this one unequivocally isn’t. — Sean Gentille, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025 The honorees each received blurbs that close friends or collaborators wrote for them. — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2025 Lines in Reminders lists are often short, quickly jotted-down blurbs rather than lengthy, detailed complex instructions. — ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blurbs
  1. messages
  2. features
  3. postings
  4. rings
  5. brochures
  6. reports
  7. words
  8. puffs
Noun
  • Several other country stars shared messages of support for Kelley’s sobriety in the comments.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
  • To improve chances of a timely reply, patients should start messages by greeting their doctor by name, ideally including both first and last names.
    — Paul Hsieh, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of messages
Verb
  • The bag is big enough to hold all your travel essentials—even a small umbrella or tablet—and features two slip pockets and one zip pocket inside.
    — Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Where to eat and drink The 1947 classic Cattlemen's Steak House, which was given a new life—along with a members-only club in its basement—by mega-producer Taylor Sheridan, features modern steakhouse go-tos.
    — Christine Lennon, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of features
Noun
  • These kinds of postings tend to reflect more about the person posting than the people the post is about.
    — Abigail Van Buren, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The San Francisco Bay Area still leads in raw AI-specialist numbers and has a higher concentration of AI job postings overall (26%, versus 17% in New York).
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of postings
Verb
  • There are various reasons that rings true for professionals looking to become leaders.
    — Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • But for anyone who remembers the subprime housing meltdown — which preceded the 2008 financial crisis and the Great Recession — turning real assets into complex securitized vehicles inevitably rings a few alarm bells.
    — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of rings
Noun
  • In application material for that developer’s project, the agency also redacted the plan for translating tenant outreach brochures from English.
    — Rob Davis, ProPublica, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Men are ditching their jackets and campaign brochures serve as makeshift fans.
    — Debbie Elliott, NPR, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of brochures
Verb
  • The one-two punch of these knockout reports should also lift shares of Palo Alto Networks , which reports earnings next Tuesday.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The New York Times reports on Florida startup Powerus, whose Guardian interceptor is designed to destroy Iranian drones without resorting to multimillion-dollar missiles.
    — Inzamam Rashid, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of reports
Noun
  • My literary group chat is only literary in that it is made up of people who work with words.
    — Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The shift is easy to miss, often only a few words or new pictures.
    — Steve Peoples, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of words
Verb
  • Decapitated, the fairy of Smoking with Oneself (2021–26) puffs a cigarette from the gaping red maw of her throat.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026
  • An active Sun puffs up Earth’s atmosphere, creating higher drag for satellites in low-Earth orbit.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 19 June 2026
Definition of puffs

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“Blurbs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blurbs. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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