as in manual
a book used for instruction in a subject
a handbook of grammar
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Recent Examples of handbook
Myers turned over the handbook after that, on June 25.
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Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
During the recent Indian-Pakistani conflict, for example, the ideology and rhetoric espoused by Indian policymakers could have come from any RSS handbook published over the last 50 years.
—Hartosh Singh Bal, Foreign Affairs, 30 June 2025
The student handbook says that students’ cellphones should not be seen, heard or accessed for any reason during class time.
—Alecia Taylor, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2025
Drivers and employees are also weighing in on an update of the department’s decade-old handbook and helping to create a new policy that determines who gets to pick up field trip gigs.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2025
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Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
During the recent Indian-Pakistani conflict, for example, the ideology and rhetoric espoused by Indian policymakers could have come from any RSS handbook published over the last 50 years.
—Hartosh Singh Bal, Foreign Affairs, 30 June 2025
The student handbook says that students’ cellphones should not be seen, heard or accessed for any reason during class time.
—Alecia Taylor, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2025
Drivers and employees are also weighing in on an update of the department’s decade-old handbook and helping to create a new policy that determines who gets to pick up field trip gigs.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handbook
Noun
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The 30 model features a chain drive with 11-speed manual Shimano Cues shifting.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 July 2025
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This solution is trained on the department's reference materials, including manuals, guides, and other documents.—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
Noun
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Dark grey markings, including the calling card of a big 6 and 12, offer textbook legibility with the offset charm of a small seconds subdial at 7 o’clock.—
Thor Svaboe,
Robb Report,
14 July 2025
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Much blood, and one poor Porky had been cut down the middle as neatly as an anatomy drawing in the medical textbook.—
John Updike,
New Yorker,
11 July 2025
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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.—
Ryan Anderson,
Arkansas Online,
26 July 2025
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But at others, playwright Lauren Gunderson’s skills with poetic language really kick in, the text takes more risks of style and form and Kennedy, who is superbly cast in this difficult role, handles everything anyone hurls her way with aplomb.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
25 July 2025
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To promote the sale of one of the first dictionaries of its kind published by a fashion publication specifically for the trade, WWD serially released a page from its dictionary every Saturday from 1916 to 1917, culminating in more than 80 entries.—
Tonya Blazio-Licorish,
Footwear News,
9 July 2025
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Being the kind of girl who used to read the introductions to dictionaries—and loves etymology enough to subscribe to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED)—I had to look it up.—
Renae Gregoire,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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“Handbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handbook. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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