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book out

British  

verb

  1. (usually intr, adverb) to leave or cause to leave a hotel

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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For Richards, the sequence of the 101 drawings he picked for his book, out of over 1,000 that he carefully catalogs in a database, mirrors the progression of his own thinking about money.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026

“There was a wake-up call for me that, we need a scientific book out there that’s going to bring the most contemporary science to people.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

He also cites the mystery novelist Agatha Christie, about whom he has a new book out in May that aims “to show that any stylistic and intellectual condescension towards her is unjustified.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

It can feel like a book out of time, yet it’s literally grounded in millions of years of human history.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2025

“I can find it,” said Gilly, pulling the book out of her reach.

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson