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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 The Federal Trade Commission warns that even replying to an unexpected text can confirm that a scammer has reached a working telephone number. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026 For example, imagine a hotel guest texts the front desk to request a late checkout. — Amanda McGuckin Hager, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 This sort of puzzling connection between text and image is repeated throughout the exhibition. — Stephanie Wambugu, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026 The common thread is the relationship between incense and a particular city, space or cultural text. — Li Jun, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for text

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The records don't establish whether parents were told about the facilitator handbook's guidance on gender identity, pronouns and nonbinary participants.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
The standard fix fails because handbooks rot the day they are written.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Oct. 2026

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After an eight-play, 71-yard jaunt by the Rams tied the game at 27 with seven minutes and 14 seconds to go, the teams traded especially textbook scoring drives.

— Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026
At times, the photographs have the glossy, didactic quality of the figures in a textbook.

— Stephanie Wambugu, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of textbook

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Every infrastructure organization has experienced people who know far more about how work actually gets done than any procedure or manual can realistically capture.

— Balaji Sreenivasan, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
The team also read research studies about Georgia’s early childcare system and the state’s own policy and rule manuals.

— Justin Price, AJC.com, 13 Oct. 2026

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The famed dictionary added 1,400 new words to its dictionary on Wednesday, many focused on internet-first phases and trends.

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