textbook case/example
noun
: a classic, perfect case/example
The scandal is a textbook case/example of corporate greed.
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Intermountain Healthcare’s sepsis early warning system is a textbook example.
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Sahar Hashmi, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The couple at the center of Oh, Hi! are a textbook example of this Paleolithic period of romance: Iris (Molly Gordon) and Isaac (Logan Lerman) are four months into what seems like a giddy love connection.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2025
The speed and scale of the shift in Republican opinion after Trump's decision to bomb Iran is a textbook example of this.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
Put it all together, and this year has been a textbook example of how a negative NIIP profile can magnify currency turmoil, Ford warned.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 28 June 2025
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Sahar Hashmi, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
The couple at the center of Oh, Hi! are a textbook example of this Paleolithic period of romance: Iris (Molly Gordon) and Isaac (Logan Lerman) are four months into what seems like a giddy love connection.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2025
The speed and scale of the shift in Republican opinion after Trump's decision to bomb Iran is a textbook example of this.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
Put it all together, and this year has been a textbook example of how a negative NIIP profile can magnify currency turmoil, Ford warned.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 28 June 2025
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