as in handbook
a book used for instruction in a subject
the school's science curriculum suffers from a serious lack of up-to-date texts
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These weren't amateur attempts at gaming the system — they were carefully crafted prompt injections that demonstrated deep understanding of how AI systems process text and respond to instructions.
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Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
Gemini will be able to answer questions, send texts, and interact with Samsung apps like Calendar, Clock, Health, and Reminder, providing a new hands-free way to interact with the watch.
—PC Magazine, 11 July 2025
If presidential interpretation can override constitutional text, if executive orders can redefine citizenship categories, what other rights become negotiable?
—Philippa Pham Hughes, Time, 11 July 2025
One last text sent to the islanders revealed that Williams and Carraway had the fewest votes, ultimately sending them home.
—Leia Mendoza, Variety, 11 July 2025
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Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
Gemini will be able to answer questions, send texts, and interact with Samsung apps like Calendar, Clock, Health, and Reminder, providing a new hands-free way to interact with the watch.
—PC Magazine, 11 July 2025
If presidential interpretation can override constitutional text, if executive orders can redefine citizenship categories, what other rights become negotiable?
—Philippa Pham Hughes, Time, 11 July 2025
One last text sent to the islanders revealed that Williams and Carraway had the fewest votes, ultimately sending them home.
—Leia Mendoza, Variety, 11 July 2025
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On the website, volunteer moderators share best practices for tapering, often referring to a handbook for doctors written by Horowitz, the British psychiatrist.—
Emily Corwin,
NPR,
9 July 2025
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Myers turned over the handbook after that, on June 25.—
Patricia Gallagher Newberry,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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Dark grey markings, including the calling card of a big 6 and 12, offer textbook legibility with the offset charm of a small seconds subdial at 7 o’clock.—
Thor Svaboe,
Robb Report,
14 July 2025
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Much blood, and one poor Porky had been cut down the middle as neatly as an anatomy drawing in the medical textbook.—
John Updike,
New Yorker,
11 July 2025
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This solution is trained on the department's reference materials, including manuals, guides, and other documents.—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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The 30 model features a chain drive with 11-speed manual Shimano Cues shifting.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 July 2025
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To promote the sale of one of the first dictionaries of its kind published by a fashion publication specifically for the trade, WWD serially released a page from its dictionary every Saturday from 1916 to 1917, culminating in more than 80 entries.—
Tonya Blazio-Licorish,
Footwear News,
9 July 2025
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Being the kind of girl who used to read the introductions to dictionaries—and loves etymology enough to subscribe to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED)—I had to look it up.—
Renae Gregoire,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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“Text.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/text. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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