as in manual
a book used for instruction in a subject
a handbook of grammar
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Recent Examples of handbook
Bonilla suggested there is no policy in her contract or the employee handbook that forbids teachers from partaking in surrogacy or in vitro fertilization.
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Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Most schools denounce bullying of any kind and promise to create a safe learning environment for students in their handbook.
—Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Historically, security at ICE facilities has been about protecting agents and detainees from internal threats like detainee aggression, or gang violence, mimicking the criminal justice system, according to experts, ICE detentions standards and the detainee handbook.
—Rick Jervis, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
However, there is a social media handbook for the Navy that outlines expectations for sailors’ online conduct.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2025
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Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Most schools denounce bullying of any kind and promise to create a safe learning environment for students in their handbook.
—Erick Trevino, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Historically, security at ICE facilities has been about protecting agents and detainees from internal threats like detainee aggression, or gang violence, mimicking the criminal justice system, according to experts, ICE detentions standards and the detainee handbook.
—Rick Jervis, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
However, there is a social media handbook for the Navy that outlines expectations for sailors’ online conduct.
—Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handbook
Noun
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Boeing didn’t mention the system in airplane manuals, and most pilots didn’t know about it.—
Jamie Stengle,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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Their experience is a manual for the rest of us.—
Natalie Unterstell,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Entertaining is a discipline, one worthy of study, and this is its textbook.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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This month, young readers can curl up with nonfiction explorations of the galaxy, thumb through an old astronomy textbook with a fresh new story to tell, or experience the peace of being (almost) alone on the moon.—
Caroline Carlson,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Ryan Anderson,
Arkansas Online,
10 Nov. 2025
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The two men exchange grateful texts later that evening, home safe and stumped about where to go next.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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To do this, lawyers and judges will often use dictionaries published at the time the Constitution or an amendment to it was published, along with other writings.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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The term really got its start back in the late 1990s, and was added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary in 2002.—
Ayana Archie,
NPR,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Handbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handbook. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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