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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for how-to
Noun
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Refer to your Keurig’s user manual for detailed descaling and cleaning instructions for your particular model.—
Taylor Tobin,
Southern Living,
16 Feb. 2026
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Kimmel quotes from one popular manual, published in 1916, that advised quieting a crying baby by flipping it over and administering a vigorous spanking.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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There are workplace rules to protect women and men from behavior such as this, and they should be listed in your employee handbook.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Feb. 2026
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There are workplace rules to protect women and men, and they should be listed in your employee handbook.—
Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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
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There’s no guidebook to know when a guy is ready to be an NFL play caller.—
Nicki Jhabvala,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2026
Noun
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One of the world’s largest exhibitions of olden literature is gathering more than a hundred booksellers from across the globe to share their choicest wares — rare tomes, illustrations, maps, historical documents and random ephemera guaranteed to level-up your bookshelf and walls.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Huppert entreats her to help locate this potentially deadly ancient tome, and assist in furnishing an all-out vampire gala in the process (replete, again, with dazzling looks).—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
18 Feb. 2026
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