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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Braids have long been one of the most dependable protective styles in the natural hair playbook, but when your strands are on the thinner side, the stakes are a little different.
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Omenaa Boakye, InStyle, 15 June 2026
Two systems that have separately learned how the same person thinks and worries and decides will collapse into one, and that's not an IT integration anyone has a playbook for.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
In a World Cup when the sapping heat is expected to diminish teams ability to play and train at intensity, an effective playbook of set-pieces could be the difference between winning the tournament and not.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 13 June 2026
Sociologist’s unique take on data center opposition Sociologist Tressie McMillan Cottom has been spending time with organizers in North Carolina to better understand the playbook that’s fueling this momentum.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 12 June 2026
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Omenaa Boakye, InStyle, 15 June 2026
Two systems that have separately learned how the same person thinks and worries and decides will collapse into one, and that's not an IT integration anyone has a playbook for.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
In a World Cup when the sapping heat is expected to diminish teams ability to play and train at intensity, an effective playbook of set-pieces could be the difference between winning the tournament and not.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 13 June 2026
Sociologist’s unique take on data center opposition Sociologist Tressie McMillan Cottom has been spending time with organizers in North Carolina to better understand the playbook that’s fueling this momentum.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 12 June 2026
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 19 Jun. 2026.
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