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
Using a playbook from Silicon Valley, Özer began spreading the gospel of crypto around Turkey.
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Leif Wenar, WIRED, 2 Apr. 2024
Using a playbook inspired in part by Jack Welch-era GE, Danaher’s revenue and market cap rose fivefold on his watch.
—Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Microsoft’s Inflection deal might be the new Big Tech playbook
Although Apple successfully acquired Darwin, AI mergers and acquisition (M&A) deals have proven difficult recently given the antitrust scrutiny in the tech industry writ large.
—Laura Bratton, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
Buckner says this harkens back to old playbooks used to take land away from Black landowners, and local NAACP leaders agree.
—Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2024
The economic environment gives Aldi and Lidl a perfect opportunity to pull out an old playbook, said Katrijn Gielens, a marketing professor at the University of North Carolina.
—Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
That response goes against routine public health recommendations of barring unvaccinated children from classrooms in the midst of an outbreak — a playbook used in California.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
Some Boeing critics say those CEOs’ emphasis on the GE playbook of cost cutting, profitability and shareholders rewards rather than quality was the source of much of Boeing’s current problems.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024
That’s a playbook replicated in statehouses across the country, where the Opportunity Solutions Project has pushed bills aimed at rolling back child labor restrictions.
—Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 26 Mar. 2024
Leif Wenar, WIRED, 2 Apr. 2024
Using a playbook inspired in part by Jack Welch-era GE, Danaher’s revenue and market cap rose fivefold on his watch.
—Jeremy Bogaisky, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Microsoft’s Inflection deal might be the new Big Tech playbook
Although Apple successfully acquired Darwin, AI mergers and acquisition (M&A) deals have proven difficult recently given the antitrust scrutiny in the tech industry writ large.
—Laura Bratton, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
Buckner says this harkens back to old playbooks used to take land away from Black landowners, and local NAACP leaders agree.
—Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2024
The economic environment gives Aldi and Lidl a perfect opportunity to pull out an old playbook, said Katrijn Gielens, a marketing professor at the University of North Carolina.
—Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
That response goes against routine public health recommendations of barring unvaccinated children from classrooms in the midst of an outbreak — a playbook used in California.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2024
Some Boeing critics say those CEOs’ emphasis on the GE playbook of cost cutting, profitability and shareholders rewards rather than quality was the source of much of Boeing’s current problems.
—Chris Isidore, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024
That’s a playbook replicated in statehouses across the country, where the Opportunity Solutions Project has pushed bills aimed at rolling back child labor restrictions.
—Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 26 Mar. 2024
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“Playbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playbook. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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