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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As retail continues to evolve, Best Buy's marketplace relaunch demonstrates how thoroughly the playbook has changed since 2016.
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Kiri Masters, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
McCaffrey, running back for the San Francisco 49ers, took a page out of the Bieber family playbook and posted a video montage of himself and Culpo taking pictures, hanging out on a hillside…looking at deer?
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 10 Mar. 2025
To protest the confirmation of Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought, an author of the right-wing Project 2025 policy playbook, Senate Democrats delayed the vote for 30 hours by speaking the entire time about their opposition to Trump and Vought's plans.
—Ben Adler, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
Monument proponents fear Burgum’s order is part of the enactment of Project 2025, a controversial policy playbook written by conservatives as a guide for the Trump administration.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025
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Kiri Masters, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
McCaffrey, running back for the San Francisco 49ers, took a page out of the Bieber family playbook and posted a video montage of himself and Culpo taking pictures, hanging out on a hillside…looking at deer?
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 10 Mar. 2025
To protest the confirmation of Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought, an author of the right-wing Project 2025 policy playbook, Senate Democrats delayed the vote for 30 hours by speaking the entire time about their opposition to Trump and Vought's plans.
—Ben Adler, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
Monument proponents fear Burgum’s order is part of the enactment of Project 2025, a controversial policy playbook written by conservatives as a guide for the Trump administration.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Playbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playbook. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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