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Recent Examples of colophon
Material features can also include things like colophons—formulas at the end of a text that attest to its completeness and fidelity and often also include the name of the copyist—doodles in the margins, mistakes and corrections, even handwriting style.
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 22 Apr. 2025
First, researchers turned to an existing catalogue of Benedictine colophons, reviewing all 23,774 entries for linguistic confirmations of gender.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Apr. 2025
The ongoing nature of the colophon rendered the artwork a continuous collaboration across time—sometimes centuries—rather than something that could be finished and put away.
—WIRED, 19 Sep. 2023
Like the colophon actually means like these are the people who made it.
—Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Aug. 2020
The differences between the editions, which begin with the colophon, include extended or altered scenes and three distinct endings.
—James Yeh, New York Times, 3 May 2020
The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 22 Apr. 2025
First, researchers turned to an existing catalogue of Benedictine colophons, reviewing all 23,774 entries for linguistic confirmations of gender.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Apr. 2025
The ongoing nature of the colophon rendered the artwork a continuous collaboration across time—sometimes centuries—rather than something that could be finished and put away.
—WIRED, 19 Sep. 2023
Like the colophon actually means like these are the people who made it.
—Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Aug. 2020
The differences between the editions, which begin with the colophon, include extended or altered scenes and three distinct endings.
—James Yeh, New York Times, 3 May 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for colophon
Noun
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Prizes will be awarded at different levels based on the number of stamps accumulated throughout the three-day event.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Apr. 2026
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Commemorative stamps and coins have also been released while Buckingham Palace is hosting a months-long exhibition featuring the largest ever public display of Elizabeth’s fashion.—
Max Foster,
CNN Money,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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All of these new additional characters have a capital B monogram above their names on their place-setting cards in a promo video for the start of production.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
20 Apr. 2026
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Ram head logo Los Angeles Rams Along with a fiercer Ram head, there is an overall cleaner and more refined look, replacing gradient color with a solid finish to the LA monogram logo.—
Julie Sharp,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The first, used by the likes of Robinhood and Kraken, entails companies buying conventional stock and then issuing corresponding tokens on a blockchain.—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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How many of those tokens are monetized and what is the average price per token?—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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At the center of the Crew-13 patch is a golden dragon, which is both a reference to the name of SpaceX’s capsule and the golden horses depicted on the Apollo 13 insignia.—
Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2026
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The insignia in the upper left of the original video belongs to the IDF’s Givati Brigade, which the IDF says has been operating in the area.—
Will Clark,
NBC news,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Adult male Steller sea lions also don’t have a visible sagittal crest (the bump on the top of their heads) that is observed in adult male California sea lions, according to the Marine Mammal Center.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Penalties, club crests, tackles, the length of the grass.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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So journalists, wear the badge with pride.—
Letters to the Editor,
Washington Post,
24 Apr. 2026
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Millwall was blindsided by the educational pamphlet that featured the southeast London club’s badge edited onto an illustration of a Ku Klux Klan robe.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Colophon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colophon. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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