textbook case/example
noun
: a classic, perfect case/example
The scandal is a textbook case/example of corporate greed.
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Kendall Jenner just delivered the textbook example of high-low dressing.
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Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2024
Bell, the textbook example of a two-month rental, announced his presence with with two two-homer games in his first six with Arizona.
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—Jack Magruder, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
In his presidential win six years later, Trump provided a textbook example of how to apply this.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
As for Oscar, there’s no doubt that his conduct was a textbook case of workplace harassment.
—Anahid Nersessian, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024
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Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2024
Bell, the textbook example of a two-month rental, announced his presence with with two two-homer games in his first six with Arizona.
Follow me on Twitter.
—Jack Magruder, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
In his presidential win six years later, Trump provided a textbook example of how to apply this.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
As for Oscar, there’s no doubt that his conduct was a textbook case of workplace harassment.
—Anahid Nersessian, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024
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