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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The attorney followed a familiar playbook in prior trials of Antioch officers, questioning the motives of Harris’ cooperation with prosecutors — referencing the plea deal that Harris took, which required him to testify against his friend.
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Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2025
And as treatments grow more bespoke, the old playbook of cost containment—step therapy, prior authorization, etc.—feels increasingly blunt.
—Yasser Almuaala, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Their supply chain operations can take a page out of the big e-commerce brand playbook to adopt automation and artificial intelligence (AI).
—Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 25 Apr. 2025
That Cold War playbook—containment, deterrence, ideological messaging, and eventual collapse—became America's conceptual toolkit for managing future rivals.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
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Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2025
And as treatments grow more bespoke, the old playbook of cost containment—step therapy, prior authorization, etc.—feels increasingly blunt.
—Yasser Almuaala, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Their supply chain operations can take a page out of the big e-commerce brand playbook to adopt automation and artificial intelligence (AI).
—Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 25 Apr. 2025
That Cold War playbook—containment, deterrence, ideological messaging, and eventual collapse—became America's conceptual toolkit for managing future rivals.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 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 3 May. 2025.
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