textbooks

plural of textbook
as in handbooks
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 textbooks Artists, activists, lawyers, and teachers, these women laid the foundation for the period we are taught about in textbooks. — Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026 Housing, food, transportation, textbooks and childcare can determine whether a student stays enrolled. — Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 The costs of college textbooks and supplies have remained steady while food and student housing have increased in recent years, according to federal data. — ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026 The teachers and students of the twentieth century also had textbooks. — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2026 No matter what the textbooks might say, markets are not efficient. — Alec Litowitz, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026 To this day, it is seen as the traditional world map and is used in many school textbooks and atlases. — James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026 The tragic day, etched into the minds of many Americans, has since been memorialized in classroom textbooks, anniversary broadcasts, museums and the stories told by survivors. — Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026 Check the leading management bestsellers and textbooks, including Gary Hamel’s Humanocracy, Eric Ries’s Incorruptible, Stephen Robbins and Mary Coulter’s Management and older classics like Michael Porter’s Competitive Strategy. — Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2026
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Noun
  • Hair loss experts hawking lifestyle handbooks for getting your strands back.
    — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 2 Oct. 2026
  • That may be the most consequential shift in knowledge management since physical handbooks became digital knowledge bases.
    — Chakkry Arunachalam, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Its early productions infiltrated participants’ lives through phone calls, texts and emails.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Since their debut in 1986, American Girl has shrunk their historical line significantly–including paring down the traditional six-book set for each historical character into two streamlined texts.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The outlet also pointed out that Apple still doesn’t offer replacement parts, repair manuals, or self-service repair guides for its AirPods.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Procedures should be practical, brief and readily available rather than buried inside lengthy operations manuals.
    — Nicholas Pope, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • From burritos to dictionaries, brands are already comparing a slew of foldable items to the new iPhone Duo.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Most dictionaries do not even list the meaning—’to kill’—that the government now proposes.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 27 July 2026

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“Textbooks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/textbooks. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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