textbook case/example
noun
: a classic, perfect case/example
The scandal is a textbook case/example of corporate greed.
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In his presidential win six years later, Trump provided a textbook example of how to apply this.
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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
The Cultural Revolution stands as a textbook example of the depravity and carnage that can result from popular frenzies.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 8 Oct. 2024
Rather, the point is that Vetements, one of the more entertainingly edgy houses, is now retailing their own designs of Ye-style/SWAT team balaclava masks for public events, a textbook example of how, in fashion, nothing ever goes to waste.
—Guy Martin, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
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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
The Cultural Revolution stands as a textbook example of the depravity and carnage that can result from popular frenzies.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 8 Oct. 2024
Rather, the point is that Vetements, one of the more entertainingly edgy houses, is now retailing their own designs of Ye-style/SWAT team balaclava masks for public events, a textbook example of how, in fashion, nothing ever goes to waste.
—Guy Martin, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
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