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 outlet is said to have reviewed texts, diary entries, emails with friends and police communications.
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Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 13 May 2026
My father-in-law is the king of check-in texts as well as taking and sharing photos.
—Taylor Fox, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2026
The audience it was built to serve is aging out of peak moviegoing years as the audience replacing them has different formation patterns, different reference points, and a different relationship to the cultural texts the studios are trying to sell back.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 May 2026
This curriculum is controversial in some Texas public schools because portions of the reading lessons include Biblical texts.
—Lacey Beasley, CBS News, 8 May 2026
Senate Bill 11 requires school boards to vote on whether to establish a period of prayer and designated time to read the Bible or other religious texts.
—Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 May 2026
Khan started to receive texts from friends who clocked his pieces as the film hit screens.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 8 May 2026
Flirtations could escalate quickly through texts or unexpected confessions.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
District residents have been blanketed with anti-Bores mailers and texts.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 7 May 2026
Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 13 May 2026
My father-in-law is the king of check-in texts as well as taking and sharing photos.
—Taylor Fox, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2026
The audience it was built to serve is aging out of peak moviegoing years as the audience replacing them has different formation patterns, different reference points, and a different relationship to the cultural texts the studios are trying to sell back.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 May 2026
This curriculum is controversial in some Texas public schools because portions of the reading lessons include Biblical texts.
—Lacey Beasley, CBS News, 8 May 2026
Senate Bill 11 requires school boards to vote on whether to establish a period of prayer and designated time to read the Bible or other religious texts.
—Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 May 2026
Khan started to receive texts from friends who clocked his pieces as the film hit screens.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 8 May 2026
Flirtations could escalate quickly through texts or unexpected confessions.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
District residents have been blanketed with anti-Bores mailers and texts.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 7 May 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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Participating inmates recorded everything from bestsellers to textbooks to children's books for blind people across the United States, per a 1987 article published in the Los Angeles Times.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
11 May 2026
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For decades, medical textbooks and lectures have presented the vitamin K injection as an example of a public health policy success.—
Duaa Eldeib,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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Consumers provided temporary solutions for maintaining indoor air quality while burning coal by sending in suggestions that were published in housekeeping manuals, magazines and newspapers.—
Annie Persons,
The Conversation,
7 May 2026
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Start with the Easy Stuff – Broken markers, product manuals that can be found online, gift cards with no balance, and expired medications are all no-brainers.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
5 May 2026
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Virginia’s Supreme Court majority sought an answer in dictionaries, which define the word as the act or process of choosing.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
13 May 2026
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The club supplies 1,000 dictionaries each year for third graders at 10 Darien schools, as well as supports leadership training for high school students, NAMI DuPage, Humanitarian Service Project food for senior citizens in Darien, recycling events and environmental grants.—
Melinda Moore,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Texts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/texts. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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