as in handbook
a book used for instruction in a subject
an owner's manual comes with the camera
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Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Some are implementing new measures to keep the scammers out, from AI defense firms, to new barriers to entry, to manual application reviews.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2025
Jamal Michel, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
Yet many companies don't incorporate user manuals into their culture.
—Shaun Arora, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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Noun
This sweeper uses manual brushes to quietly and efficiently pick up crumbs and pet hair.
—Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Some are implementing new measures to keep the scammers out, from AI defense firms, to new barriers to entry, to manual application reviews.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2025
Adjective
The introduction of manuals — balancing on the board’s front or back wheels — enabled players to link air and ground tricks into long combos.
—Jamal Michel, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
Yet many companies don't incorporate user manuals into their culture.
—Shaun Arora, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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For the first month, the culture ambassador (teammate/mentor) acts as a living handbook and morale booster who fields the un-Googleable questions, demonstrates how compassion looks in real time and runs a quick daily pulse check.—
Aaron Marcum,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The Annunciation Catholic School handbook offered an outline of some of its security policies.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The lunch special for the month of August is a hot honey pimento cheese sandwich on homemade white bread served with a garden side salad ($11.95).—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Aug. 2025
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Treat yourself—and others—to this impressive homemade brownie recipe.—
Catherine Jessee,
Southern Living,
13 Aug. 2025
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Dustin Staggs,
Arkansas Online,
31 Aug. 2025
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Transposed to modern-day London, where Hamlet belongs to a wealthy family of Indian heritage, Karia’s version preserves the original text, albeit abridged, reordered and occasionally spoken by different characters entirely.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Manual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manual. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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