stylebook
noun
style·book
ˈstī(-ə)l-ˌbu̇k 
: a book explaining, describing, or illustrating a prevailing, accepted, or authorized style
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Yet all of the contestants believe the stylebook is crucial in maintaining consistency.
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Sara Aridi, New York Times, 2 May 2025
The Associated Press, which declined to change its stylebook to acknowledge Trump’s renaming of the Gulf, resulted in the administration barring the outlet from the Oval Office and a back-and-forth court battle over the First Amendment.
—Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 1 May 2025
This second version feels more natural to me, though the New York Times’s stylebook prefers the answer as written.
—Sam Corbin, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
Though a judge ordered key officials to restore the wire service’s access to certain White House spaces, the Trump administration has found work-arounds to keep the AP iced out in certain places over its refusal to use the term Gulf of America in its popular stylebook.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 18 Apr. 2025
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Sara Aridi, New York Times, 2 May 2025
The Associated Press, which declined to change its stylebook to acknowledge Trump’s renaming of the Gulf, resulted in the administration barring the outlet from the Oval Office and a back-and-forth court battle over the First Amendment.
—Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 1 May 2025
This second version feels more natural to me, though the New York Times’s stylebook prefers the answer as written.
—Sam Corbin, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
Though a judge ordered key officials to restore the wire service’s access to certain White House spaces, the Trump administration has found work-arounds to keep the AP iced out in certain places over its refusal to use the term Gulf of America in its popular stylebook.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Stylebook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stylebook. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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