as in handbook
a book used for instruction in a subject
an owner's manual comes with the camera
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Recent Examples of manual
Suzy Khimm, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2024
From carburetors to fuel injection, drum brakes to disc, manual to automatic transmissions, performance cars keep getting better.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2024
Meg Nolan, Travel + Leisure, 25 Dec. 2024
Her biggest needs are repairs to her van and a wheelchair lift for it, a manual APEX wheelchair, nursing care, cleaning service, and equine and aqua therapy.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 25 Dec. 2024
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Reporters used owners manuals, technical specifications, and other manufacturer information to help determine whether the top-selling models had a magazine disconnect.
—Suzy Khimm, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2024
From carburetors to fuel injection, drum brakes to disc, manual to automatic transmissions, performance cars keep getting better.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2024
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Afterward, roll up your pants and get ready to stomp on grapes in the winery’s old mills designed for manual crushing.
—Meg Nolan, Travel + Leisure, 25 Dec. 2024
Her biggest needs are repairs to her van and a wheelchair lift for it, a manual APEX wheelchair, nursing care, cleaning service, and equine and aqua therapy.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 25 Dec. 2024
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Progress reports, report cards and student handbooks will be offered online only, not printed or mailed.Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 12 Dec. 2024
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With Campus Free Speech: A Pocket Guide, Harvard professor and legal scholar Cass R. Sunstein has written a brief handbook about several of the most vexing free speech issues that all colleges and universities are likely to face.Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
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Knox and Shirley visit the forge, where some of his friends reveal a small arsenal of homemade pikes, spears, clubs, and armored chest protectors.Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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There were heaping bowls of something called Krazy Krunch (think nutty caramel corn, with a hefty glug of corn syrup) and homemade hard candies, spread out like a feast in front of a Christmas tree so intricately decorated it was left up year round.Megan Thielking, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.John Brummett, arkansasonline.com, 2 Jan. 2025
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In her text, Shafak demonstrates how to embody both mother and artist, both nurturer and creator, both source and seeker of sustenance.Fidan Cheikosman, JSTOR Daily, 1 Jan. 2025
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“Manual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manual. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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