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.
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Ah’Mari said he had little interest in typical high-school activities like prom or yearbook and kept his eyes on “the finish line”—his NIL deal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
Not even in a photo album or yearbook.
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2026
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
"And his parents were totally unaware of that until they received the child's yearbook and there were photographs."
From BBC ● May 22, 2025
Band kids are in one area, school newspaper and yearbook kids at another.
From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle
Private credit players may no longer rate as Most Popular in investors’ yearbooks, but they’ll still be there next year.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Comments from Facebook school group chats described memories that included signing shoes, hoodies and yearbooks at the end of term, with some students having kept their shirts after leaving school.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
The things they’re missing are the memories, my yearbooks, my pictures, my clothes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2025
I've scoured digitized yearbooks from the local high schools, and they've yielded nothing more than a lot of late '80s hair inspiration.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2024
“I’ve read it a thousand times,” Candice said as she pulled the stack of Perkins High School yearbooks toward her.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
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