- a variation of blue book.
bluebook
Britishnoun
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(in Britain) a government publication bound in a stiff blue paper cover: usually the report of a royal commission or a committee
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informal a register of well-known people
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(in Canada) an annual statement of government accounts
Example Sentences
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Early on, one editor opposed Tamzin for not using the proper, lawyer-endorsed Bluebook citation method for the name of a legal case in one of her Wikipedia pages.
From Slate • Jun. 16, 2022
The latest program follows another Pentagon effort, known as Project Bluebook, which discontinued its research about 50 years ago.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2022
The description in the 2022 Diplomatic Bluebook, an annual report on Japan’s foreign policy issued by the Foreign Ministry, uses that phrasing for the first time in nearly two decades.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 2022
Henderson said he hadn’t touched a Bluebook in 30 years.
From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2022
Poor devils! did you read the evidence in that Bluebook last year?
From Marcella by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
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