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
Levasseur also mentioned professional development aiding in both ELA and math and the implementation of new textbooks that align with state math framework.
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Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2025
In a promotional video, the founder showed off an office chess set, beers brewed from lurid blue Yunnan mushrooms and a small library stocked with quantum mechanics textbooks.
—Lavender Au, The Dial, 7 Oct. 2025
One worked with a Muslim advocacy group contesting LGBTQ themes in school textbooks.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2025
In 1922, Thomas Edison declared that in the near future, all school textbooks would be replaced by film strips, because text was 2% efficient, but film was 100% efficient.
—Justin Reich, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Her knowledge wasn’t handed down in textbooks or lectures.
—Ellie Goulding, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2025
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
Say goodbye to standardized testing, and textbooks.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
This fallacy is repeated in innumerable geography textbooks, as well as travel articles and guides.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2025
In a promotional video, the founder showed off an office chess set, beers brewed from lurid blue Yunnan mushrooms and a small library stocked with quantum mechanics textbooks.
—Lavender Au, The Dial, 7 Oct. 2025
One worked with a Muslim advocacy group contesting LGBTQ themes in school textbooks.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2025
In 1922, Thomas Edison declared that in the near future, all school textbooks would be replaced by film strips, because text was 2% efficient, but film was 100% efficient.
—Justin Reich, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Her knowledge wasn’t handed down in textbooks or lectures.
—Ellie Goulding, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2025
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
Say goodbye to standardized testing, and textbooks.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
This fallacy is repeated in innumerable geography textbooks, as well as travel articles and guides.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for textbooks
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The first step is to review your company material—handbooks, trainings, core values, everything—and make sure your professional self is 100% aligned with company expectations.—
Sean WillChene,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The end goal is to have the information that could eventually be included in international handbooks that serve as reference resources for licensing and safety analysis of nuclear systems.—
Abhishek Bhardwaj,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Sep. 2025
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As the bidding process for the service plaza contracts begins anew, the local company is seeking the texts of MTN and others, including those of another sensible-shoes gal named Hayes Morrison.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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Old Kingdom texts describe the creator god emerging from a lake.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
18 Oct. 2025
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Motion libraries are delivered via OTA updates, and developers are provided with manuals, case studies, and continuous integration support.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Oct. 2025
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Where rookie pilots panicked in battle, Gabreski functioned like a robot, dispassionately following the instructions laid out in his military flight manuals.—
Angus Fletcher,
Big Think,
29 Sep. 2025
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For the first time in 20 years, the company that publishes reference books and is mostly known for its dictionaries, is releasing a brand new edition of its iconic Collegiate Dictionary.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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Anyway, in numerous cases in this volume, being aware of dictionaries in other languages has left a mark on lexicographers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Textbooks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/textbooks. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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