as in manual
a book used for instruction in a subject
a handbook of grammar
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Recent Examples of handbook
Project 2025, the political handbook published last year by the conservative policy group Heritage Foundation, called for ending Title I and converting other federal education funding into block grants made to states.
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Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Feb. 2025
There are a number of optical illusions that pilots have to account for when flying at night, according to the Federal Aviation Administration’s airplane flying handbook.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2025
For writers, these were the rules of grammar and syntax; for architects, these were the rules of the classical orders, published in handbook form as of 1537.
—Mario Carpo, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025
The employee handbook dictates that comp time be used within two months, but that hasn’t been happening.
—Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
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Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Feb. 2025
There are a number of optical illusions that pilots have to account for when flying at night, according to the Federal Aviation Administration’s airplane flying handbook.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2025
For writers, these were the rules of grammar and syntax; for architects, these were the rules of the classical orders, published in handbook form as of 1537.
—Mario Carpo, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025
The employee handbook dictates that comp time be used within two months, but that hasn’t been happening.
—Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handbook
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That ability to launch wider investigations appears to have been stripped under Trump; there is no mention of systemic investigations in the new manual.—
Jennifer Smith Richards,
ProPublica,
21 Feb. 2025
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At the royal court, scribes advanced Ottoman Turkish as a language of elite writing, compiling collections of letters to convey correct writing methods, and drawing up a style manual.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
20 Feb. 2025
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Their former schools will be cut off from all public funds — for child nutrition programs, transportation, textbooks and other services — in what advocates suggested was a new phase of a yearslong effort to ensure all students graduate with basic skills in core subjects, such as English and math.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
18 Feb. 2025
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Supply and demand, the preferences of buyers and sellers, trading rules — the textbooks say these and other factors determine market prices.—
Jeff Sommer,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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White space is crucial—dense text can be hard to navigate.—
Andrew Fennell,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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The complaint contains screenshots purportedly of text conversations between Luna and Tiffith Jr.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
19 Feb. 2025
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Her longer term projects included writing the book Food Festivals: Eating Your Way from Coast to Coast, co-authoring the book Holidays and Festivals Dictionary, and serving as an editor for a synonym dictionary entitled The Synonym Finder, published by Rodale.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
21 Jan. 2025
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Christmas hams, party cocktails, elegant layer cakes, and cookout classics fill the dictionaries of Southern family recipes, but one of my favorites is a simple vinaigrette from my grandmother.—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
11 Jan. 2025
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“Handbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handbook. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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