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handbook

noun

ˈhan(d)-ˌbu̇k

Definition of handbook

as in manual

a book used for instruction in a subject a handbook of grammar

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Recent Examples of handbook The handbook is not dead; it is being replaced by how work is structured. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 June 2026 Organizers of the protest printed a handbook for demonstrators that included a map of the security perimeter, tips on how to gear up for the march, and advice on how to behave if detained by police. — Jamey Keaten, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2026 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. — 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 See All Example Sentences for handbook

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Noun

Smid then shifted his questioning to the definition of administrative leave provided in the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office’s general orders manual.

— Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 July 2026
Unlike simple query-response models, agentic workflows represent a move from manual prompting to a new era of delegating and empowering autonomy with agents that act on behalf of the business.

— Sam Rastogi, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of manual

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Entomologists actually still use his textbook and it’s considered a bible of Filipino mosquitoes.

— Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 1 July 2026
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.

— Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 27 June 2026

Definition of textbook

Noun

These stories were reprinted in Scottish and English botanical texts, and Henrietta would have known about the obscene ideas connected with the mushroom.

— Leah Hudson, Popular Science, 9 July 2026
The exception is my husband’s parents, especially my father-in-law, who does not accept Avery’s identity and has criticized them about it in phone calls and texts.

— R. Eric Thomas, Washington Post, 9 July 2026

Definition of text

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Let Maggie Gyllenhaal adapt The Bell Jar • Why Soledad Acosta de Samper’s Dolores is a unicorn to translators • Ed Simon explores Noah Webster’s dictionary • Can American presidents declare war?

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 July 2026
Christmas hams, party cocktails, elegant layer cakes, and cookout classics fill the dictionaries of Southern family recipes, but one of my favorites is a simple vinaigrette from my grandmother.

— Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 2 July 2026

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