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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The Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974 provides one clear example of the advocates’ playbook.
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Norbert Michel, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
So Jim Farley took a page out of the founder's playbook
Sasha Rogelberg
Workplace Culture
The Trump administration has begun garnishing wages of student loan borrowers in default.
—John Kell, Fortune, 9 July 2025
Whatever value DeVito’s playbook knowledge provided should have dissipated since the experienced Wilson and Winston had the entire spring to learn the offense.
—Dan Duggan, New York Times, 9 July 2025
There is no playbook for how a modern economy reacts to on-again, off-again tariffs at the scale Trump has proposed.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 8 July 2025
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Norbert Michel, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
So Jim Farley took a page out of the founder's playbook
Sasha Rogelberg
Workplace Culture
The Trump administration has begun garnishing wages of student loan borrowers in default.
—John Kell, Fortune, 9 July 2025
Whatever value DeVito’s playbook knowledge provided should have dissipated since the experienced Wilson and Winston had the entire spring to learn the offense.
—Dan Duggan, New York Times, 9 July 2025
There is no playbook for how a modern economy reacts to on-again, off-again tariffs at the scale Trump has proposed.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 8 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for playbook
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“Playbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playbook. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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