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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High-profile auction purchases are the latest big-money strategy in the corporate PR playbook (see crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun buying Maurizio Cattelan’s infamous banana artwork for $6.2 million, before eating it, last year).
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Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2025
Trump’s supporters point to a strong economy, boosted by the promise of tax cuts and domestic manufacturing, while still demanding interest-rate cuts — a playbook fix for an ailing economy.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Does Drake feel some type of way about Tyler, The Creator maybe taking a couple pages out of his playbook?
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 31 July 2025
McLaughlin said the changes would ensure multiple agencies are all working from the same playbook when responding to critical incidents like an active shooting.
—Alex Driggars, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2025
Trump’s supporters point to a strong economy, boosted by the promise of tax cuts and domestic manufacturing, while still demanding interest-rate cuts — a playbook fix for an ailing economy.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Does Drake feel some type of way about Tyler, The Creator maybe taking a couple pages out of his playbook?
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 31 July 2025
McLaughlin said the changes would ensure multiple agencies are all working from the same playbook when responding to critical incidents like an active shooting.
—Alex Driggars, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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“Playbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playbook. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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