as in manual
a book used for instruction in a subject
a handbook of grammar
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Recent Examples of handbook
What's next: The paper recommends a suicide-specific diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the handbook used by medical professionals for diagnosing mental health disorders.
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Esteban L. Hernandez, Axios, 7 Mar. 2025
There is no damn a--, f---ing handbook for it, that’s for sure.
—Tracy Wright, Fox News, 10 Feb. 2025
This includes updating employee handbooks, consistently enforcing policies and providing confidential reporting mechanisms.
—Adrien Gaubert, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Someone at White Lotus, LLC, really should update the employee handbook because this seems to keep coming up.
—Eddie Mouradian, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
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Esteban L. Hernandez, Axios, 7 Mar. 2025
There is no damn a--, f---ing handbook for it, that’s for sure.
—Tracy Wright, Fox News, 10 Feb. 2025
This includes updating employee handbooks, consistently enforcing policies and providing confidential reporting mechanisms.
—Adrien Gaubert, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Someone at White Lotus, LLC, really should update the employee handbook because this seems to keep coming up.
—Eddie Mouradian, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handbook
Noun
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That work has helped to update the American manual for the design of power lines, which engineers use for designing safer, more storm-resilient transmission towers.—
Amal Elawady,
The Conversation,
30 Apr. 2025
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Medical authorities like the pediatrician Luther Emmett Holt, whose 1894 The Care and Feeding of Children would become the most popular parenting manual of the early 20th century, advised parents to feed their toddlers milk at every meal.—
Made by History,
Time,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Are his friends horrified by this textbook midlife crisis, down to the fancy sports car and younger girlfriend, or jealous of Nick’s freedom?—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
1 May 2025
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This specific category included lots of subset activities such as studying for exams, solving math problems, summarizing textbooks as well as tutoring support.—
Tor Constantino, MBA,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The texts were exchanged hours before the airstrikes.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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Last October, the CIA released a text video with step-by-step instructions in Chinese on how to securely contact the agency online.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
2 May 2025
Noun
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The word was even been added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary in the years since.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
23 Apr. 2025
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The only true dictionary is the lost one, the dictionary of the language that perished when the impious tower was built: the original language, God’s language.—
Mariana Dimópulos,
Harpers Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Handbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handbook. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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