yearbook

[ yeer-book ]

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noun

a book published annually, containing information, statistics, etc., about the past year: an encyclopedia yearbook.
a book published by the graduating class of a high school or college, containing photographs of class members and commemorating school activities.

Origin of yearbook

First recorded in 1580–90; year + book

Words Nearby yearbook

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How to use yearbook in a sentence

As she braced for graduation from Miami Palmetto Senior High School in 1988, Ketanji Brown wrote in her high school yearbook that she wanted to be a judge.
What Ketanji Brown Jackson Could Bring to the Supreme Court | Madeleine Carlisle | February 25, 2022 | Time
No sixth-grade graduation, no goodbyes to my teachers or gift-giving, no signing our yearbooks.
'A Year Full of Emotions.' What Kids Learned From the COVID-19 Pandemic | Allison Singer | June 12, 2021 | Time
She focuses a lot of her time on after school activities, such as student council and the yearbook committee.
Blessed or Cursed? Child Prodigies Reveal All | Justin Jones | November 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
A class of 1999 yearbook picture shows them standing together, though neither seems to have graduated.
American Jihadis Douglas McCain and Troy Kastigar: From Losers to Martyrs | Michael Daly | August 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Ann is a pleasant brunette, a former class officer, yearbook editor, and member of the softball team at Dryden High.
The Stacks: The Searing Story of How Murder Stalked a Tiny New York Town | E. Jean Carroll | April 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

The original plan had been to do a film version of the yearbook.
Doug Kenney: The Odd Comic Genius Behind ‘Animal House’ and National Lampoon | Robert Sam Anson | March 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
It reached its summit in a project he had devised for himself: the 1964 High School yearbook Parody.
Doug Kenney: The Odd Comic Genius Behind ‘Animal House’ and National Lampoon | Robert Sam Anson | March 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The statistical yearbook for Finland does not give separate statistics concerning workingwomen.
The Modern Woman's Rights Movement | Kaethe Schirmacher
The secretary then presented the following report of what the League yearbook should contain.
Papers and Proceedings of the Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of the American Library Association Held at Ottawa, Canada June 26-July 2, 1912 | Various
These stories are listed in the yearbook without comment or a qualifying asterisk.
The Best Short Stories of 1920 | Various
Stories included in this group are indicated in the yearbook index by a single asterisk prefixed to the title.
The Best Short Stories of 1920 | Various
Stories included in this group are indicated in the yearbook index by two asterisks prefixed to the title.
The Best Short Stories of 1920 | Various

British Dictionary definitions for yearbook

yearbook

/ (ˈjɪəˌbʊk) /

noun

an almanac or reference book published annually and containing details of events of the previous year

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