as in handbooks
a book used for instruction in a subject
an owner's manual comes with the camera
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Recent Examples of manuals
The Berg Family Library on site at the museum also includes an extensive collection of automotive research, from books and magazines to thousands of repair manuals, to ensure no knowledge is lost to time.
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Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
These manuals explain how to use all the products effectively.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2025
Airlines for America, a trade group representing American Airlines, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines and other carriers, asked the agency to delay the compliance by two years because the FAA had yet to certify the barriers, and no manuals, procedures or training programs were authorized.
—Colson Thayer, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
However, in owners manuals, Tesla lists many conditions in which FSD Supervised may not be reliable, and warns users to keep their hands on the steering wheel at all times, and be ready to take over steering or braking.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025
The lesson here is that not all manuals are created equal.
—ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025
Employees could learn by doing, not through static manuals or workshops, but by engaging directly with the digital patterns of their company’s top minds.
—John Winsor, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Absorbency here is supreme as well, and the pool essential didn’t require any kind of assembly despite its oversized nature, which is a godsend for someone with an aversion to instruction manuals.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2025
Many of the manuals contained export-control warnings on the cover pages.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 21 Aug. 2025
Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
These manuals explain how to use all the products effectively.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2025
Airlines for America, a trade group representing American Airlines, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines and other carriers, asked the agency to delay the compliance by two years because the FAA had yet to certify the barriers, and no manuals, procedures or training programs were authorized.
—Colson Thayer, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
However, in owners manuals, Tesla lists many conditions in which FSD Supervised may not be reliable, and warns users to keep their hands on the steering wheel at all times, and be ready to take over steering or braking.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025
The lesson here is that not all manuals are created equal.
—ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025
Employees could learn by doing, not through static manuals or workshops, but by engaging directly with the digital patterns of their company’s top minds.
—John Winsor, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Absorbency here is supreme as well, and the pool essential didn’t require any kind of assembly despite its oversized nature, which is a godsend for someone with an aversion to instruction manuals.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2025
Many of the manuals contained export-control warnings on the cover pages.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for manuals
handbooks
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The end goal is to have the information that could eventually be included in international handbooks that serve as reference resources for licensing and safety analysis of nuclear systems.—
Abhishek Bhardwaj,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Sep. 2025
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That one line says more about age inclusion than most corporate handbooks.—
Shelley Zalis,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Manuals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manuals. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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