yearbook
Americannoun
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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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As such, the book serves as a buoyant yearbook for the Jazz Age and is alive with the slogans, social rituals, events and scandals that had so recently captivated America.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
Not even in a photo album or yearbook.
From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026
There are nearly three dozen accomplishments listed by her name in the 1984 yearbook.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025
A yearbook photo of the group shows James as he stood in the back row smiling broadly, his hair neatly parted to the side.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025
Otto flipped through the yearbook, playing out a hunch.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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