how-tos

noun

plural of how-to
as in manuals

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  1. manuals
  2. handbooks
  3. guidebooks
  4. books
Noun
  • Birth certificates and passports; product manuals for the oven and fridge; tax documents; medical records.
    — Andee Tagle, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Giving those biologists a tool that can answer these questions without the need to consult multiple software manuals has potential to accelerate research.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of manuals
Noun
  • The standard fix fails because handbooks rot the day they are written.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • In Arkansas, private schools participating in the voucher-like program have to be accredited or working toward it, which often requires creating curriculum and school handbooks.
    — Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of handbooks
Noun
  • Their dalliances with elite men made the tabloids, and their biographies were printed in guidebooks.
    — H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2026
  • What if there were regional sections in which all these elements—novels, poetry, histories, guidebooks—were grouped?
    — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of guidebooks
Noun
  • There is some evidence that anti-vaccine groups have been targeting the Amish in recent years, says Steve Nolt, a professor at Elizabethtown College who has written numerous books about Amish history and culture.
    — Maria Godoy, NPR, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Age appropriate activity books and their own crayons can go a long way.
    — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of books
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