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 At the request of The Times, Keith documented the meals for a few days in texts and photos. Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026 Each age sees metaphors of their own struggles in these ancient texts. Literary Hub, 21 July 2026 Though the last name for Swift's contact is redacted, Lively's legal team identified the singer by name in a separate court filing addressing the texts. Edward Segarra, USA Today, 20 July 2026 Unsolicited calls, texts or emails can be reported to the FTC’s Fraud Prevention Division. Dan Avery, CNBC, 20 July 2026 After starring as the titular character on the sitcom Blossom, Mayim Bialik traded her scripts for science texts. Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026 Davis agreed to an interview with sheriff’s police investigators and admitted to sending texts and photographs to the BMW owner’s phone, prosecutors said. William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2026 Picture trying to evaluate that same restaurant recommendation from your friend while responding to your boss’s texts, half-listening to a podcast and keeping an eye on a pot of pasta on the stove, all at the end of a long week. Matthew Pittman, The Conversation, 17 July 2026 Political theory students still study their practical wisdom, often after devouring centuries of more speculative and theoretical texts. Steven Johnson, Washington Post, 14 July 2026
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Noun
  • School handbooks may also provide information on whether a school serves all students or may exclude some groups, like those with disabilities or LGBTQ+ parents from admissions.
    Mollie Simon, ProPublica, 16 July 2026
  • By referencing the federal FMLA baseline and deferring to applicable state law for employees with greater rights, employee handbooks can absorb each new development without a revision cycle.
    Jennifer Morehead, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Noun
  • Children’s literature can humanize Black people in a way that news coverage, television, films and school textbooks and curriculum often do not, helping to combat racial bias and stereotypes.
    Brooke Harris Garad, The Conversation, 14 July 2026
  • The forthcoming book will tell American history through the lives of everyday people, especially those whose stories have often been left out of traditional textbooks.
    Amara Evering, Miami Herald, 11 July 2026
Noun
  • Among other things, the bill sought to mandate clearer labelling for guardrail parts, and to require that manufacturers distribute setup manuals in various languages, including Spanish.
    Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • The era of risk-aware grid design The future of Western energy relies on moving away from static, 20th-century safety manuals and toward a practice called risk-aware dispatching.
    Jasmine Garland, The Conversation, 7 July 2026
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  • Christmas hams, party cocktails, elegant layer cakes, and cookout classics fill the dictionaries of Southern family recipes, but one of my favorites is a simple vinaigrette from my grandmother.
    Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 2 July 2026
  • Adopt a sensitive data detection platform that’s access-control-aware and lineage-savvy and extend it with custom dictionaries and RegEx patterns.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

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