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
Nate Sloan, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
To be fair, Previte was early to khachapuri’s popular ascent, and her version is textbook.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
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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
Noun
There’s maybe a textbook way to write a song, which is the chorus just repeats as is every time.
—Nate Sloan, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
To be fair, Previte was early to khachapuri’s popular ascent, and her version is textbook.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
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This desktop app provides a faster way to access Lens than opening your browser, and Google's marketing materials show the tool proving useful for someone identifying a piece of classic artwork in a PDF.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
15 Apr. 2026
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Though offerings shift, look for a summer-classic watermelon gose, prickly pear sour, and even a dill sour ale infused with brine and pickles.—
Chris Malloy,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 Apr. 2026
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The American Psychiatric Association’s diagnostic handbook doesn’t list the condition and a 2021 study concluded it is mostly cited as a cause only when the person who died had been restrained.—
Mara H. Gottfried,
Twin Cities,
15 Apr. 2026
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According to Petersson, Luna recently observed one of the employees using their phone during a particularly quiet hour, so the system updated the market's employee handbook to set stricter rules on workers’ phone usage.—
David Ingram,
NBC news,
11 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Servers are dressed in exemplary white button-up shirts, black vests and bistro aprons.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Apr. 2026
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Besides being a record of events, the work is a crafty portrayal of kingship, presenting Akbar in an adulatory tone, as an exemplary and divinely favored ruler.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Apr. 2026
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Similarly, Anthropic's AI assistant, called Claude, has a free version that can analyze text and images and write basic code.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Instead, teen boys are quietly swapping first dates, awkward silences, and emotional guesswork for an AI girlfriend who never cancels, never argues, and always texts back.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Incumbents need to build for a multi-model, multi-everything future in order to close the innovation gap and retake a leading role in defining the agentic era of AI.—
Sumeet Vaidya,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Zendaya looked model-esque and confident in the dress while striking poses and laughing in front of the event’s photographers, as captured in videos.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
13 Mar. 2026
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The two-bedroom home built in 1949 was considered a modern metal marvel in newspaper articles and in its instruction manual.—
J.D. Miles,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Aurangzeb assembled a panel of qualified Indian ʿulamāʾ (religious scholars) to compile this legal manual.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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As time goes on without definitive answers on refunds, Harrell sees more companies taking actions like selling the rights to their claims, preferring to pocket money now instead of waiting for a sum later down the line.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
12 Apr. 2026
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Below, a definitive guide to what should stay far (very far) away from your garbage disposal.—
Jamie Cuccinelli,
Martha Stewart,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Textbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/textbook. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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