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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

The face is no longer supposed to be something that holds intimate, idiosyncratic human information; it has been reconfigured as a consumer guide and a disciplinary manual.

— Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 11 July 2026
The manual that came with the vehicle makes no reference to changing the timing belt.

— John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs And Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026

Definition of manual

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The forthcoming book will tell American history through the lives of everyday people, especially those whose stories have often been left out of traditional textbooks.

— Amara Evering, Miami Herald, 11 July 2026
Medical textbooks of the time said that operating on a human heart was too dangerous, and there was no precedent for opening the chest, longtime Tribune science and medical reporter Ronald Kotulak wrote more than a century later.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026

Definition of textbook

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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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