table of contents

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The book’s table of contents is also modest, designed to resemble a typically undersize European golf score card: nine chapters out, nine chapters in.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Time France's debut edition also includes an interview with US ambassador to France Charles Kushner, a report from Ukraine's Donbas region and an investigation into the art trafficking underworld, according to its table of contents.

From Barron's • Dec. 15, 2025

Its 18 chapters are organized well, into the different roles Gönner played throughout his life, a table of contents that reads like a John le Carré collage: teacher, traitor, soldier, ghost, etc.

From New York Times • May 14, 2023

All the scaffolding is the same: Wikipedia is still Wikipedia, just with more whitespace, a more prominent search bar and language switcher, and a sticky table of contents.

From Slate • Jan. 18, 2023

I opened the proposal, skimmed through the table of contents, and flipped the pages one at a time, trying to make sense of her plan.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen