BOOKEND Definition & Meaning

bookend

[ book-end ]

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noun

a support placed at the end of a row of books to hold them upright, usually used in pairs.
one of two things occurring or located at either end of something else:
two events that served as bookends to my career.

verb (used with object)

to occur or be located at the beginning and end of:
His term in office was bookended by crises.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of bookend¹

First recorded in 1905–10; book + end ¹

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Her death, largely contrived by Cromwell at the behest of his prince, bookends the 2015 adaptation and opens the 2025 sequel, creating a kind of illusion that the ten years separating them never existed.

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The final moments of Season 2 were a nerve-racking bookend to that initial search.

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In Bravo terms, Trump is at the center of the commercial bumper used to bookend ad breaks and each episode’s opening taglines.

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Between these career bookends, Brody has worked steadily in various roles that show his range as an actor.

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New York Jets: Edge Mykel Williams, Georgia — Williams could be a bookend to Will McDonald IV and make a considerable impact on the Jets’ defense.

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