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
One of the ways the aquarium does that is by having digital text displays next to the exhibits that can be updated whenever there is new information.
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2025
Both smart glasses have live translation that can recognize what is being said to you and show it as text in your native language on their displays.
—PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2025
So is War Secretary Pete Hegseth, though the text of the legal succession order still refers to the position of Secretary of Defense.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2025
After being informed that DOAH judges file Form 1, a less detailed disclosure, Martin ceased responding to texts and did not answer phone calls.
—Mario Ariza, ProPublica, 15 Sep. 2025
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Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2025
Both smart glasses have live translation that can recognize what is being said to you and show it as text in your native language on their displays.
—PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2025
So is War Secretary Pete Hegseth, though the text of the legal succession order still refers to the position of Secretary of Defense.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2025
After being informed that DOAH judges file Form 1, a less detailed disclosure, Martin ceased responding to texts and did not answer phone calls.
—Mario Ariza, ProPublica, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for text
Noun
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Most schools denounce bullying of any kind and promise to create a safe learning environment for students in their handbook.—
Erick Trevino,
AZCentral.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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Historically, security at ICE facilities has been about protecting agents and detainees from internal threats like detainee aggression, or gang violence, mimicking the criminal justice system, according to experts, ICE detentions standards and the detainee handbook.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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No one has textbooks; backpacks are a rarity.—
Ghada Abdulfattah,
The Atlantic,
23 Sep. 2025
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Sharing some locations, but no aesthetic aspirations, with Netflix’s Ripley, Hotel Costiera is a textbook example for how something can be beautiful without being beautifully photographed.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Paper, cardboard boxes, and manuals.—
Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Sep. 2025
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Typically originating on a large canvas, the art often incorporates acrylic paint and graphics pulled from old textbooks and newspapers, emergency manuals, and junk-shop magazines.—
Brendan Ruberry,
semafor.com,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The dictionary is available for preorder now, according to Merriam-Webster.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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Call it the paradox of the modern dictionary.—
Stefan Fatsis,
The Atlantic,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Text.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/text. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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