as in manual
a book used for instruction in a subject
a handbook of grammar
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Recent Examples of handbook
On Saturday, sitting in her living room in a Las Vegas suburb facing her computer screen, Giffords walked a group of observers through her incredibly detailed 93-page handbook.
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David Gilbert, WIRED, 4 Nov. 2024
The umpire may sit in the high chair, but the players do not feel the full force of the handbook on the ground.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
The two groups work together, according to Cuccinelli and EIN’s 2024 handbook.
—Phoebe Petrovic, ProPublica, 30 Oct. 2024
There's no handbook on how to be the perfect man or perfect husband.
—Natasha Dye, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
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David Gilbert, WIRED, 4 Nov. 2024
The umpire may sit in the high chair, but the players do not feel the full force of the handbook on the ground.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
The two groups work together, according to Cuccinelli and EIN’s 2024 handbook.
—Phoebe Petrovic, ProPublica, 30 Oct. 2024
There's no handbook on how to be the perfect man or perfect husband.
—Natasha Dye, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for handbook
Recent Examples of Synonyms for handbook
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That will likely require more than the scant illustrations in the Cybertruck owner’s manual.Carlton Reid, WIRED, 15 Dec. 2024
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The total output: 950 horsepower and 664 lb-ft of torque, all sent to the back wheels through a seven-speed dual-clutch paddle-shift transmission that delivered snappy shifts but was smoother than the old sequential manual.Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2024
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Isn't that the textbook definition of a conflict of interest?Stefan Becket, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2024
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The origin point of the blaze is textbook wildland-urban interface, or WUI (woo-ee).Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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That includes signing up for text alerts, checking news reports and tuning in to weather radio.Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
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This refers to the first phase of AI model development, when a large language model learns patterns from vast amounts of unlabeled data — typically text from the internet, books, and other sources.Kylie Robison, The Verge, 14 Dec. 2024
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Smithsonian Archives Before Pantone turned its color standard into a big business, some of the first modern color systems came from naturalists trying to identify and differentiate bird species or flowers in reference works known as color dictionaries.Emma Bowman, NPR, 5 Dec. 2024
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The most beautiful word in the dictionary is tariff.CBS News, CBS News, 24 Nov. 2024
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“Handbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handbook. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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