as in classic
constituting, serving as, or worthy of being a pattern to be imitated
a textbook example of a film that captures the feel of the novel on which it is based
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as in handbook
a book used for instruction in a subject
one shelf in my bookcase is crammed full of my old college textbooks
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Recent Examples of textbook
Samuel Goldman, The Week, 22 Sep. 2021
The vegan ramen was originally developed for Afuri’s Portland, Ore., location with the goal of being a lighter, decidedly non-textbook option.
—Flora Tsapovsky, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Sep. 2021
Cullen Murphy, Air Mail, 20 Sep. 2025
This fallacy is repeated in innumerable geography textbooks, as well as travel articles and guides.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
At the same time, solutions borrowed from textbook European nation-states are unlikely to serve us well.
—Samuel Goldman, The Week, 22 Sep. 2021
The vegan ramen was originally developed for Afuri’s Portland, Ore., location with the goal of being a lighter, decidedly non-textbook option.
—Flora Tsapovsky, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Sep. 2021
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The cartoonist Mort Walker’s The Lexicon of Comicana—which began as an exhibition half a century ago at the Museum of Cartoon Art—offers a textbook case of life imitating art.
—Cullen Murphy, Air Mail, 20 Sep. 2025
This fallacy is repeated in innumerable geography textbooks, as well as travel articles and guides.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
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The breakfast menu also offers classic egg white omelets, a grits bowl and a duck-fat poached flank steak and eggs.—
Samantha Husted,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Sep. 2025
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The lineup of festivities includes an exciting schedule of concerts, classic rides, carnival games and over 25 brand-new food items to indulge in, from new takes on fair favorites to trendy items like Dubai chocolate and Mike's Hot Honey.—
Endia Fontanez,
AZCentral.com,
22 Sep. 2025
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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
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Captain Marc Guehi, who was denied a move to Liverpool in a dramatic summer transfer deadline day U-turn, offers leadership and an exemplary ability to read the game.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
21 Sep. 2025
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His death Friday morning just after midnight, silences an exemplary artist who performed weekly until earlier this summer.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Sep. 2025
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There was enough equipment to send 30 million anonymous texts per minute -- more than enough to bring the region's interconnected phone systems to its knees, according to the Secret Service.—
Tonya Simpson,
ABC News,
23 Sep. 2025
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Bill Bowden,
Arkansas Online,
22 Sep. 2025
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The compensation plan, Jacobs said, takes into account the CEO pay for other multi-model transportation agencies in other states.—
Matthew Medsger,
Boston Herald,
18 Sep. 2025
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Unlike the performance of the song in This is Spinal Tap, though, the Stonehenge monument is in full-scale this time, not the model-sized version mistakenly produced for the concert in the first film.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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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
Adjective
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Nevertheless, when David Blitzer joined the S&P 500 committee in 1989, the Dow was still the definitive stock market index.—
Alex Mayyasi,
NPR,
23 Sep. 2025
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However, the link between fever and neurodevelopmental disorders is more definitive, Gabard-Durnam said.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Textbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/textbook. Accessed 27 Sep. 2025.
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