How to Use playbook in a Sentence
playbook
noun- He studied the new plays in the team's playbook.
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But Democrats have said the playbook is not so cut and dry.
— Ella Lee, The Hill, 1 Nov. 2024 -
For the rest of the game, the IU playbook subtly shifted.
— The Indianapolis Star, 27 Nov. 2022 -
The playbook is the same for Malaysia's grand old party.
— Eileen Ng, ajc, 10 Nov. 2022 -
In many ways, a16z created the playbook for the boom times in tech.
— Jeremy Anderberg, Longreads, 9 May 2023 -
There is no playbook for the worst moments in your life.
— Ximena N. Beltran Quan Kiu, CNN, 18 Jan. 2023 -
The playbook from recent years hasn’t been tossed aside.
— David Moore, Dallas News, 26 May 2023 -
The playbook, going to school all the time, all that came natural to me.
— Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 6 Aug. 2023 -
Mack is smitten and wants to shelve her playbook for good.
— Courtney Howard, Variety, 14 Feb. 2024 -
Read my full story on the metaverse at work here and see the full Fortune@Work playbook here.
— Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2022 -
Learning the playbook — team chemistry was a big thing for me.
— Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024 -
And then 40 years later, that playbook sort of remained the same.
— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2022 -
Throw out the playbook Mike Elias has been following the last five years.
— Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 27 July 2024 -
The double-wing, then, was merely a part of their goal-line playbook.
— Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2022 -
But Fain insists the union will not follow that playbook this time.
— Chris Isidore, CNN, 14 Sep. 2023 -
And if not, what does Maduro hope to gain by returning to an old playbook?
— Stefano Pozzebon, CNN, 12 Oct. 2024 -
But, the wide-leg pants and relaxed fit of the sweatshirt look straight out of the Gen Z influencer playbook.
— Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2024 -
There were plenty of black athletes who knew how to call a playbook.
— Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2023 -
Head coach Kalani Sitake said Heimuli learned the playbook faster than some players who’d been in the program for years.
— Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Nov. 2022 -
The leadership playbook that got us through 2024 won’t be enough for what lies ahead.
— Cynthia Pong, Jd, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024 -
That you must be wracked with sobbing grief is from the Everyone Lives the Same Life playbook.
— Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 15 July 2023 -
He's been able to weight train and jump right into the playbook in January.
— Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 5 June 2023 -
Eberflus talked about a 24-hour rule — and that’s in every coach’s playbook.
— Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022 -
Like everyone else on the team, Kinchens has been busy learning the team’s new playbooks.
— Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2023 -
The playbook for prevention is simple: Reduce the number of hits to the head, and reduce the strength of those hits.
— Celia Ford, WIRED, 12 Sep. 2023 -
When other touring moms caught wind of her wins, she was asked her to write a playbook.
— Lars Brandle, Billboard, 17 Nov. 2022 -
After trailing by 14, the Wolves took a page out of Salesian’s playbook and forced some turnovers.
— Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2024 -
Imagine being in a crisis at 2 a.m. and needing to choose the right playbook.
— Mehdi Daoudi, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024 -
Dara has gone back to an old trick in Uber’s playbook: cutting driver pay.
— Len Sherman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023 -
Bringing Musk’s cost-cutting playbook to the government is part of the agenda.
— Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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