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.
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Codifying insight: From crisis playbooks to knowledge-sharing systems, family offices are moving wisdom from people to process.
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Francois Botha, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
This, of course, is straight from the Howe playbook.
—George Caulkin, The Athletic, 22 Mar. 2025
In that respect, Musk and Trump are playing from his playbook.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
Friedrichs said that in addition to standing up the office and developing a playbook for managing biological threats, the office spent $2.8 billion to fund a compensation program for dairy farmers and develop a milk testing program to spot new outbreaks, among other efforts.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
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Francois Botha, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
This, of course, is straight from the Howe playbook.
—George Caulkin, The Athletic, 22 Mar. 2025
In that respect, Musk and Trump are playing from his playbook.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
Friedrichs said that in addition to standing up the office and developing a playbook for managing biological threats, the office spent $2.8 billion to fund a compensation program for dairy farmers and develop a milk testing program to spot new outbreaks, among other efforts.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Playbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playbook. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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