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
True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The difference between manual labor and artistic creation is hard for the capitalist machine to quantify, however.
—Adam Verner
september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2025
That also required relentlessly training his employees—a 1988 manual instructed them in minute detail on how to wash pots and talk to customers—many of whom stayed on to work for him for decades.
—Giacomo Tognini, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Noun
This ensures consistency and removes the need for manual transfers or making constant decisions about how much to save.
—True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The difference between manual labor and artistic creation is hard for the capitalist machine to quantify, however.
—Adam Verner
september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Refer to your owner’s manual for specific filter removal instructions.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2025
That also required relentlessly training his employees—a 1988 manual instructed them in minute detail on how to wash pots and talk to customers—many of whom stayed on to work for him for decades.
—Giacomo Tognini, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manual
Noun
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There’s no handbook for being 19 and having to deal with plagiarism allegations.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
4 Sep. 2025
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These categories do not appear in the Department’s regulations, however, or in any handbook or other official document.—
Angele Latham,
The Tennessean,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Using Commercial Cleaners While homemade cleaners can be used, commercial cleaners are just as effective for removing hard water stains from your toilets.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
4 Sep. 2025
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In Ryan Coogler’s 2025 blockbuster, Sinners, Wunmi Mosaku plays a woman named Annie, who makes a living by supplying her neighbors in Clarksdale, Mississippi, with homemade medicinal cures.—
Danielle Amir Jackson,
The Atlantic,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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.—
Dustin Staggs,
Arkansas Online,
31 Aug. 2025
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Do not contact the telephone number provided in a pop-up, text, or email.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Manual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manual. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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