texts

plural of text
as in handbooks
a book used for instruction in a subject the school's science curriculum suffers from a serious lack of up-to-date texts

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Recent Examples of texts 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 Barisone’s proposition was that everything that followed—months of living and working together, silly texts—was done in the shadow of that threat. Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026 Suspicious emails and texts show up constantly, and most spam filters only give a yes-or-no answer without explaining why. Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 13 Sep. 2026 Be wary of unsolicited emails, texts or phone calls claiming to be related to the breach. Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026 Those communications include ordinary, day-to-day exchanges including emails, texts, phone calls, messages sent through apps, and Zoom or Teams meetings involving participants in multiple states. Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 Sep. 2026 During the Song dynasty (960–1279), it was included among the Seven Military Classics, a collection of military texts that became part of the curriculum for candidates seeking military office. Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026 She was not listed as a witness, nor are any emails, texts or communications between her and Guard cited in the report. Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026
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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
Noun
  • 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
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
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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“Texts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/texts. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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