as in manual
a book used for instruction in a subject
a handbook of grammar
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Recent Examples of handbook
As the plane landed, the 56 passengers were thrown about the cabin and injured, as well as exposed to hazardous chemicals from the fire, the handbook said.
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Michelle L. Quinn,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
However, the focus of the handbook is not only on substance use.
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Beverly Kingston,
The Conversation,
9 June 2026
Employees take cues from leadership about what’s acceptable, regardless of what’s written in the employee handbook.
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William Jones
june 8,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 June 2026
This is a handbook on igniting public joy.
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Holly Corbett,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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Michelle L. Quinn,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
However, the focus of the handbook is not only on substance use.
—
Beverly Kingston,
The Conversation,
9 June 2026
Employees take cues from leadership about what’s acceptable, regardless of what’s written in the employee handbook.
—
William Jones
june 8,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 June 2026
This is a handbook on igniting public joy.
—
Holly Corbett,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for handbook
Recent Examples of Synonyms for handbook
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OpenClaw will then interpret and complete the tasks automatically without the need to memorize complex commands or the need to resort to complicated reference manuals.
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For people who don’t know the courtesy; new residents, visitors, or anyone simply following the rules in the driver’s manual, a sudden Pittsburgh left can be confusing and dangerous, especially if a third driver or a pedestrian isn’t expecting that quick turn.
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In the afternoon, students will partake in book clubs that read novels — a dying art in traditional public schools, driven in part by the increasing popularity of literacy curriculum programs that favor textbooks with short reading passages over whole books.
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From June of 2004 to July of 2006, as the subprime bubble was inflating, the Fed raised the interest rate 17 times consecutively – a textbook policy of monetary tightening, unprecedented at the time, which should have restrained credit creation.
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Because the texts would be part of the curriculum, they could be included on standardized testing, potentially impacting the school district’s test record if students do not perform well.
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Following the abrupt dissolution of Disney’s $1 billion investment in OpenAI’s Sora text-to-video app, Shin stressed that there are no plans to use A24’s existing IP to create GenAI tools.
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Adopt a sensitive data detection platform that’s access-control-aware and lineage-savvy and extend it with custom dictionaries and RegEx patterns.
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The dictionary's selection came, in part, from fans' reactions to Swift and Kelce's engagement.
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“Handbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handbook. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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