as in handbook
a book used for instruction in a subject
an owner's manual comes with the camera
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Recent Examples of manual
Luke Barr, ABC News, 21 Jan. 2026
Um, but many of us don't have instruction manuals, right?
—Outside Online, 21 Jan. 2026
Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
According to the Oconee County Coroner's Office, Larry Moore died from multiple stabbing injuries, while Sandra Moore died from manual strangulation.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 26 Jan. 2026
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Noun
The whistleblower group argues the ICE memo violates the Fourth Amendment and DHS' own policy manual.
—Luke Barr, ABC News, 21 Jan. 2026
Um, but many of us don't have instruction manuals, right?
—Outside Online, 21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
Carriers that rely primarily on templates and manual drafting may face limitations at scale.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
According to the Oconee County Coroner's Office, Larry Moore died from multiple stabbing injuries, while Sandra Moore died from manual strangulation.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 26 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manual
Noun
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That’s going to impact decision-making beyond anything written in the analytics handbook.—
Tim Cowlishaw,
Dallas Morning News,
27 Jan. 2026
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This city’s experience can help write the handbook for other cities and for future disasters.—
Katharine Gammon,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Devastating Pyrotechnics had imported raw ingredients, a Bee investigation found in July, allowing the company to make flash powder for homemade fireworks.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Her homemade hot chocolate mix mastered both.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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That campaign was based on a survey that predated Apple’s release of iOS 26, which added both text scam filtering and call filtering to iPhone for the first time.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Manual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manual. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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