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 on the Web Signals intelligence is information about targets obtained from electronic signals and communications from those targets such as phone calls, texts, radio waves and other things that create digital data. Olivia Gazis, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2024 There are texts by Francoise Vergès, Rene Gabri, Ayreen Anastas, and Kali Rubaii, a contemporary Iraqi anthropologist on the ecological devastation of war. Gameli Hamelo, ARTnews.com, 6 Sep. 2024 The cast, however, weren’t convinced, even starting a WhatsApp group text to try and get the dance shut down. K.j. Yossman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024 Call 1-877-8-HOPE-NY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY); 1-800-327-5050(MA); 1-877-MYLIMIT (OR); 1-800-981-0023 (PR); 1-800-GAMBLER (all others). Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for text 

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“Text.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/text. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.

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