playbook
noun
play·book
ˈplā-ˌbu̇k 
1
: one or more plays in book form
2
: a notebook containing diagrammed football plays
3
: a stock of usual tactics or methods
straight from his opponent's political playbook
Examples of playbook in a Sentence
He studied the new plays in the team's playbook.
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Borrowing a page from Disney’s playbook is paying off big time for Universal at the box office, where the live-action remake of DreamWorks Animation‘s How to Train Your Dragon opened to a series-best $83.7 million domestically and $197.8 million globally, according to Sunday estimates.
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Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 15 June 2025
Part of Trump’s playbook for his robust policy agenda is moving faster than anyone can keep up, evidenced by the breathtaking number of executive actions during his first hours in office.
—Dryden Pence, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
To the very end, Madigan ran the playbook of his mentor, Mayor Richard J. Daley, written in an era when the Democratic machine was the accepted way of political life in Chicago and Illinois.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2025
The Coalition for Health AI (CHAI) has partnered up with the Joint Commission to co-develop AI playbooks, tools and a new certification program for U.S. hospitals and health systems.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
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Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 15 June 2025
Part of Trump’s playbook for his robust policy agenda is moving faster than anyone can keep up, evidenced by the breathtaking number of executive actions during his first hours in office.
—Dryden Pence, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
To the very end, Madigan ran the playbook of his mentor, Mayor Richard J. Daley, written in an era when the Democratic machine was the accepted way of political life in Chicago and Illinois.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2025
The Coalition for Health AI (CHAI) has partnered up with the Joint Commission to co-develop AI playbooks, tools and a new certification program for U.S. hospitals and health systems.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
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“Playbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playbook. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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