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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 Her concern is in the language being used in the handbooks and the policy draft. — Julianna Mejia, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2026 Now, 15 years later, the law continues to guide district handbooks across Oregon. — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 23 June 2026 Rules for e-bikes and other two-wheel vehicles are contained within the DMV’s California motorcycle handbook, but general traffic knowledge is not commonplace. — Sacbee.com, 22 June 2026 According to the group, the two were recently terminated under a new volunteer handbook, which was introduced in April. — Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 19 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for handbook

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Sometimes vehicles are called back for fixes as minor as changing a few pages in a vehicle’s owner’s manual that were either missing or contained erroneous information.

— Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Credit card issuers and other lenders don't have a $7,500 threshold or a $15,000 cutoff sitting in a policy manual somewhere.

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Definition of manual

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For decades, that adjustment made computers a textbook case of falling prices, until the artificial intelligence buildout pushed prices up.

— Brandy Hadley, Fortune, 31 July 2026
Students have saved nearly $60 million in textbooks, and now 46 degree programs have zero textbook costs along the way.

— Jared Polis, Denver Post, 30 July 2026

Definition of textbook

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Plus, White House correspondent Monica Alba texts with me about why frustrations with the war are boiling over.

— Yasmin Vossoughian, NBC news, 30 July 2026
That same Sunday, local Allytra Perryman received a text in one of her group chats that an Ocean Springs teenager was missing.

— Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2026

Definition of text

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In a small, leatherbound English-Greek and Greek-English dictionary was a photo of his parents walking by the seashore in Loutraki, a place not far from Corinth, known for its therapeutic, healing springs.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 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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