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
The same tactics are being applied to phishing emails and texts sent to everyday users.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
The investigation eventually revealed that Lauryn's mom, Kendra Licari, was the person who had been sending up to 50 cruel texts a day to her then-13-year-old daughter and her daughter's ex-boyfriend for two years.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
No texts, no phone calls, no IMs—just walking over to their house, knocking on the door, and hanging out together?
—Kara Nesvig, Parents, 12 Sep. 2025
Jeremiah has been ignoring Conrad’s texts, including a recent message wishing him a Happy Thanksgiving.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Time to talk about how kids need to watch out for fake texts, too.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
This includes handwritten thank-you cards instead of my usual texts of gratitude upon receiving a gift when the giver is not present.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
Those texts would become key evidence in the case.
—Rebecca Laflam, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2025
Practices like mindfulness, yoga or studying different religious texts may resonate with you.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
The investigation eventually revealed that Lauryn's mom, Kendra Licari, was the person who had been sending up to 50 cruel texts a day to her then-13-year-old daughter and her daughter's ex-boyfriend for two years.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
No texts, no phone calls, no IMs—just walking over to their house, knocking on the door, and hanging out together?
—Kara Nesvig, Parents, 12 Sep. 2025
Jeremiah has been ignoring Conrad’s texts, including a recent message wishing him a Happy Thanksgiving.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Time to talk about how kids need to watch out for fake texts, too.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
This includes handwritten thank-you cards instead of my usual texts of gratitude upon receiving a gift when the giver is not present.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
Those texts would become key evidence in the case.
—Rebecca Laflam, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2025
Practices like mindfulness, yoga or studying different religious texts may resonate with you.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for texts
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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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That one line says more about age inclusion than most corporate handbooks.—
Shelley Zalis,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
Noun
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This finding, however, suggests the plumbing is messier than textbooks imply.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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In schools, children are studying from Russian textbooks that praise the country and its military.—
Yegor Mostovshikov,
The Dial,
9 Sep. 2025
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The Berg Family Library on site at the museum also includes an extensive collection of automotive research, from books and magazines to thousands of repair manuals, to ensure no knowledge is lost to time.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Sep. 2025
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These manuals explain how to use all the products effectively.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Sep. 2025
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Others, like pain points and thought leaders, seem like things that AI got from business buzzword dictionaries.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Texts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/texts. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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