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.
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New Naxtra sodium-ion battery tackles lithium dependence The Chinese company is expanding its chemistry playbook with a strong push into sodium-ion technology, highlighted by the launch of the Naxtra battery earlier this year.
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Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 16 Nov. 2025
The onset of Covid-19 triggered trillions in government spending and ultralow interest rates as the Federal Reserve returned to the playbook that was improvised in the crisis of 2008.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2025
Trump, perhaps taking a page out of the Singaporean playbook, pays his top staff comparably well.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 14 Nov. 2025
The quality of the merchandise had suffered and the stores didn’t fit into the Iconix playbook.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 14 Nov. 2025
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Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 16 Nov. 2025
The onset of Covid-19 triggered trillions in government spending and ultralow interest rates as the Federal Reserve returned to the playbook that was improvised in the crisis of 2008.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2025
Trump, perhaps taking a page out of the Singaporean playbook, pays his top staff comparably well.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 14 Nov. 2025
The quality of the merchandise had suffered and the stores didn’t fit into the Iconix playbook.
—Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 14 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for playbook
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“Playbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playbook. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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