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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Recent Examples of text
Three years earlier, Google researchers introduced the transformer, a type of neural network that can analyze and reproduce mathematical patterns in text.
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Webb Wright, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2025
In 2024, Americans reported $470 million in losses to text scams, more than fivefold the amount reported in 2020, according to the Federal Trade Commission.
—Jillian Frankel, People.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Call 1-877-8-HOPE-NY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY); 1-800-327-5050(MA); 1-877-MYLIMIT (OR); 1-800-981-0023 (PR); 1-800-GAMBLER (all others).
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2025
Traditional supervised learning demands that developers label every snippet with exact text—a costly, error‑prone bottleneck.
—Ashutosh Synghal, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
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Webb Wright, Scientific American, 18 Aug. 2025
In 2024, Americans reported $470 million in losses to text scams, more than fivefold the amount reported in 2020, according to the Federal Trade Commission.
—Jillian Frankel, People.com, 17 Aug. 2025
Call 1-877-8-HOPE-NY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY); 1-800-327-5050(MA); 1-877-MYLIMIT (OR); 1-800-981-0023 (PR); 1-800-GAMBLER (all others).
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2025
Traditional supervised learning demands that developers label every snippet with exact text—a costly, error‑prone bottleneck.
—Ashutosh Synghal, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for text
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As the new school year begins, parents will be bombarded with schedules, handbooks and those oh so important pick-up line instructions.—
James V. Shuls,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 Aug. 2025
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Here, the biggest drama comes not from chases or guns or even courtroom speeches, but from finding the missing section that's vanished from a company handbook.—
Linda Holmes,
NPR,
15 Aug. 2025
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Rising inventories are a textbook sign of oversupply, and history shows that sustained builds like this often precede sharper price declines.—
Robert Rapier,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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The year before, Nacua used textbook route running, versatility and sure hands to take the league by storm by recording 105 receptions for 1,486 yards. 19.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
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Yet many companies don't incorporate user manuals into their culture.—
Shaun Arora,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Read below to find our favorite manual and electric pressure cookers.—
Emily Johnson,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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These controversial women are drawing attention – and opinions Social media terms, slang words added to Cambridge Dictionary The dictionary highlighted some of the roughly 6,200 terms that have been added over the last year, including several that originated in pop culture and on social media.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
18 Aug. 2025
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This year, in keeping with its annual word-adding tradition, the top minds behind the standard-setting Cambridge dictionary have opened the doors to Generation Alpha.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Text.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/text. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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