playbook

noun

play·​book ˈplā-ˌbu̇k How to pronounce playbook (audio)
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. 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 See All Example Sentences for playbook

Word History

First Known Use

1511, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of playbook was in 1511

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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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