yearbook
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of yearbook
Explanation
The album of photos that many high schools and colleges offer students at the end of each school year is a yearbook. If you want to be sure to get your picture in the yearbook, join a lot of clubs and teams. A traditional yearbook is a large, bound book organized by class, which includes a photograph of every student. Most yearbooks also feature pictures of teams, school groups and clubs, faculty members, staff, and candid photos taken throughout the school year. In many schools, it's traditional to get your yearbook signed by friends and even teachers. Yearbooks have become less common over the years, as digital equivalents have increased in popularity. Online yearbooks may eventually replace the printed version.
Example Sentences
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Yearbook, a social mixer connecting L.A.’s creative world at the Black Image Center on June 15 from 3 to 8 p.m.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2024
Four of Brazil's five most violent cities are now located in the state, according to the Brazilian Public Security Yearbook.
From Reuters • Aug. 29, 2023
For stats it was a case of getting a programme at the game and the Rothmans Football Yearbook each summer.
From BBC • Aug. 10, 2022
Yearbook staffer Skye Tiedemann summed up the night as a clear win for student speech.
From Seattle Times • May 11, 2022
Moreover, its encyclopedic Yearbook for 1952, which was devoted to insects, contained only one short paragraph on the fire ant out of its half-million words of text.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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