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textbooks

noun

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 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 But about 1 million textbooks have been destroyed in Russian attacks on publishing houses, potentially delaying deliveries for the start of the school year, Ukraine’s Education Ministry said earlier this month. — ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026 That’s as test scores in math and reading tanked after schools ditched textbooks in favor of screens. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026 Expert Intelligence will be added to AI Mode in Search and the Gemini app soon, the company said, adding that support for third-party subscriptions, business research reports, and textbooks will also arrive on Gemini Notebook soon. — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 28 Aug. 2026 The course is expected to cost the district $1,000 for photography textbooks, the presentation said. — Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2026 Together, those surveys could revolutionize our understanding of the universe and rewrite astronomy textbooks. — Josh Feldman, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for textbooks
  1. handbooks
  2. texts
  3. manuals
  4. dictionaries
Noun
  • That may be the most consequential shift in knowledge management since physical handbooks became digital knowledge bases.
    — Chakkry Arunachalam, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The company also publishes a garden guide, a kids’ edition, and special handbooks on container gardens, vegetables, and herbs.
    — HubSpot, HubSpot, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of handbooks
Noun
  • Apple's new Siri uses large language models to search through a user's local personal data, including texts, emails, and calendar appointments.
    — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
  • But Mark, in Ronson’s telling, quickly grows antagonistic, abruptly asking Ronson to sign an NDA, then later barraging him with suspicious texts and threatening him with a pair of goons.
    — Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of texts
Noun
  • In a separate incident in June, another 16-year-old near Bologna was arrested after authorities allegedly found jihadist material and weapons-making manuals in his possession.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The law requires manufacturers to give consumers and independent repair shops access to what’s needed to diagnose and repair certain electronics, including manuals, replacement parts and tools.
    — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of manuals
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
Definition of dictionaries

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