how-to

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Recent Examples of how-to Rising Together by Sally Helgesen The latest book by Helgesen is an action plan filled with how-to tips. Dr. Ruth Gotian, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023 For more, check out our Best Turntables guide and our how-to article on upgrading your home audio. Parker Hall, WIRED, 5 Mar. 2023 As a former residential and commercial carpenter, Alex uses his hands-on experience to write practical buying guides, how-to articles, and product reviews. Alex Rennie, Popular Mechanics, 3 Mar. 2023 To further connect with the community, Gao hopes to one day host classes for home brewing and offer other interactive how-to events. Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2023 See All Example Sentences for how-to
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Noun
  • Museum workers had assembled it from forty pieces with no instruction manual.
    Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2026
  • This includes the device, a user manual, power cord, water inlet and drainage hoses, five urine test strips, an RFID reader, a box of washable litter, and litter detergent.
    Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The forthcoming guide, which education officials have described as a first step toward a more comprehensive handbook to be issued at a later date, is coming as families and teachers are deeply divided and anxious about the potential — and pitfalls — of the new technology.
    Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • There's no universal handbook for buyers who want to stay on the right side of ethics.
    Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 9 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The new list also serves as a guidebook for observations using the James Webb Space Telescope, as well as the upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope set to launch in 2027.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2026
  • At Florida Atlantic University (FAU), students have developed a guidebook to help identify which kinds of existing vacant properties may be most viable for affordable housing projects, putting adaptive reuse into practice.
    Margi Glavovic Nothard, Sun Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • In honor of our Queen of the Damned, a bizarre bazaar dedicated to all things dark, creepy and vampiric materializes at festival headquarters on Sunday April 12th, the exact date marking the 50th anniversary of the publication of our sacred tome, Interview With The Vampire.
    William Earl, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
  • This January, many such tomes on my shelves suddenly seemed to have offered all along nothing more than obfuscation, the opposite of illumination.
    Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026

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“How-to.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/how-to. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.

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