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text

noun

ˈtekst

Definition of text

as in handbook

a book used for instruction in a subject the school's science curriculum suffers from a serious lack of up-to-date texts

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Recent Examples of text But if watermarked text is pasted into another chatbot system that edits the text, the watermark could be destroyed. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2026 People can communicate constantly through texts, social media and online communities while still lacking meaningful in-person interaction. — Sophia Buonpane, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2026 Especially the experimental Wooster theater group Dafoe founded in 1975, which stripped apart classic texts in the modern age with raw, physical performances. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2026 Investigators say texts show the mother and son coordinating the shooting. — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for text

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The handbook currently treats it as a subset of other mental health conditions that can occur within weeks after giving birth.

— Deborah Becker, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026
As Ronald Araujo discovered recently when the Uruguay international defender’s move from Barcelona managed to tick pretty much every box in the modern transfer-reaction handbook.

— Gregg Evans, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026

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The oil should meet the viscosity and API/ILSAC specifications listed in the owner’s manual.

— John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs And Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026
SpaceX has requested to keep the photos of the device, along with the user manual, confidential over the next 180 days.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 14 Aug. 2026

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That dictionary someone gave Joe for his big day might have gathered dust on his shelves back in Highgate for a week or so.

— Ben Jureidini, Vanity Fair, 15 Aug. 2026
After refining their word-swapping dictionary over three months, the ShieldFont creators ended up with a list of nearly 12,000 common words that can be replaced with ligatures.

— Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026

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