playbook
noun
play·book
ˈplā-ˌbu̇k 
1
: one or more plays in book form
2
: a notebook containing diagrammed football plays
3
: a stock of usual tactics or methods
straight from his opponent's political playbook
Examples of playbook in a Sentence
He studied the new plays in the team's playbook.
Recent Examples on the Web
Going forward, the country needs more flexible pandemic playbooks that adapt to local contexts and respect both individual freedom and the common good.
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Asa Hutchinson, STAT, 6 June 2024
But until recently, investing in transportation largely meant following a playbook written in the 1950s, building grand concrete structures that efficiently swept cars from one side of a city to another.
—Megan Kimble, New York Times, 31 May 2024
The personality assessments serve as unofficial playbooks for coaches or teammates to understand how to best interact with one another to solve complex problems.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
There’s a fairly standard playbook for how aid organizations respond to humanitarian crises like the one playing out in Gaza.
—Raymond Offenheiser, The Conversation, 10 May 2024
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Asa Hutchinson, STAT, 6 June 2024
But until recently, investing in transportation largely meant following a playbook written in the 1950s, building grand concrete structures that efficiently swept cars from one side of a city to another.
—Megan Kimble, New York Times, 31 May 2024
The personality assessments serve as unofficial playbooks for coaches or teammates to understand how to best interact with one another to solve complex problems.
—Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
There’s a fairly standard playbook for how aid organizations respond to humanitarian crises like the one playing out in Gaza.
—Raymond Offenheiser, The Conversation, 10 May 2024
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“Playbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playbook. Accessed 11 Jun. 2024.
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