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 Times reported that the internal investigation was nearing its conclusion and included reviews of texts by Chavez-DeRemer, her husband and her father.
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Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
Concannon was ultimately found not to have sent any racist texts.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
The Orange County District Attorney's Office also said Robert Jay Josett, 35, contacted his mistress thousands of times via texts and calls dozens of times a day over the nine months and admitted to violating a restraining order by driving by her home.
—Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
By March 2026, the company said Curtis had received about 35,000 calls and texts to his newly public number, returning many of them, and that others in the company’s leadership were taking direct calls too.
—Steve Patterson, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Heineman did not return phone calls, texts or emails requesting comment.
—Chris Bowling, ProPublica, 15 Apr. 2026
Phone calls and texts have been pouring in.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2026
Globalstar, which operates roughly 24 satellites, powers Apple's Emergency SOS feature that enables its devices to send texts in isolated areas.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2026
The literary culture of the Mughal Empire was among the most productive in the early modern world, and its surviving texts reflect something of the complexity that defined the dynasty.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
Concannon was ultimately found not to have sent any racist texts.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
The Orange County District Attorney's Office also said Robert Jay Josett, 35, contacted his mistress thousands of times via texts and calls dozens of times a day over the nine months and admitted to violating a restraining order by driving by her home.
—Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
By March 2026, the company said Curtis had received about 35,000 calls and texts to his newly public number, returning many of them, and that others in the company’s leadership were taking direct calls too.
—Steve Patterson, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Heineman did not return phone calls, texts or emails requesting comment.
—Chris Bowling, ProPublica, 15 Apr. 2026
Phone calls and texts have been pouring in.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2026
Globalstar, which operates roughly 24 satellites, powers Apple's Emergency SOS feature that enables its devices to send texts in isolated areas.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2026
The literary culture of the Mughal Empire was among the most productive in the early modern world, and its surviving texts reflect something of the complexity that defined the dynasty.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for texts
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That included new language in its sports handbooks, and a more hands-on role in Blue Devils’ NIL opportunities.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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Dozens of photos included in the documents released Wednesday are military handbooks, field guides and cultural texts, some dating back to the early 2000s that appeared to belong to Gingles, as well as numerous books from the SANS Institute detailing computer hacker tools.—
Shira Moolten,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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Along with Cengage, an education technology provider, the publisher claims the tech giant copied content from Hachette books and Cengage textbooks to train its large language model, Gemini, without asking permission.—
Francesca Cassidy,
Fortune,
8 Apr. 2026
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My grandmother isn’t in any textbooks, but her life brims with historical significance.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
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Now, though, with the widespread circulation of magic manuals, grimoires, and related compendia—with the recording, on paper, of words, spells, histories, stories—witchcraft has taken an irreversible step into the exoteric realm.—
Kristen Roupenian,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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The Iranian sailors are interpreting operational instructions, manuals and logs for their Sri Lankan counterparts.—
Bharatha Mallawarachi,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The word was considered so vulgar that it was left out of early dictionaries and was rarely printed, though Adams says people were certainly using it.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2026
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No screens, online dictionaries, spellcheckers or delete keys.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Texts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/texts. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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