playbook
noun
play·book
ˈplā-ˌbu̇k 
1
: one or more plays in book form
2
: a notebook containing diagrammed football plays
3
: a stock of usual tactics or methods
straight from his opponent's political playbook
Examples of playbook in a Sentence
He studied the new plays in the team's playbook.
Recent Examples on the Web
Genesis, Hyundai’s nascent luxury division, is in the middle of following Lexus’s playbook, and that’s no accident.
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Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 17 May 2024
But what if the buyer wants to use TikTok as a host for an idealistic rewrite of the social networking playbook, rather than trying to merely recreate its existing technology?
—David Meyer, Fortune, 15 May 2024
That’s not the only playbook from the previous TV era that the streamers are dusting off and reinventing for this new age.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 14 May 2024
The playbook already is being used by executive and creative teams at BET Studios and Disney as well as the Duffer brothers’ upcoming Netflix supernatural series The Boroughs and Ty Burrell’s ABC comedy pilot Forgive and Forget.
—Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 May 2024
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Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 17 May 2024
But what if the buyer wants to use TikTok as a host for an idealistic rewrite of the social networking playbook, rather than trying to merely recreate its existing technology?
—David Meyer, Fortune, 15 May 2024
That’s not the only playbook from the previous TV era that the streamers are dusting off and reinventing for this new age.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 14 May 2024
The playbook already is being used by executive and creative teams at BET Studios and Disney as well as the Duffer brothers’ upcoming Netflix supernatural series The Boroughs and Ty Burrell’s ABC comedy pilot Forgive and Forget.
—Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 May 2024
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“Playbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playbook. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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