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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That was most forcefully articulated by the playbook’s principal author, Russell Vought, who served as director of the Office of Management and Budget during Trump’s first term.
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Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
Being able to really learn the playbook is going to be different.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 9 May 2025
Longevity demands a new playbook, one that embraces fluid, multi-stage lives marked by recurring cycles of learning, earning, and caregiving.
—Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
This is a very familiar playbook, albeit not in the United States.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 7 May 2025
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Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
Being able to really learn the playbook is going to be different.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 9 May 2025
Longevity demands a new playbook, one that embraces fluid, multi-stage lives marked by recurring cycles of learning, earning, and caregiving.
—Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
This is a very familiar playbook, albeit not in the United States.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 7 May 2025
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“Playbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playbook. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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