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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Invest now in people who can learn, unlearn and lead through ambiguity, not just execute today’s playbook.
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Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026
Economists were forced to adapt and update the anti-inflation playbook.
—Alex Mayyasi, NPR, 7 Apr. 2026
Leaders at Baltimore’s flagship Black history museum and other state cultural institutions might want to, if not adopt, then at least glance through, Billy Ocasio’s playbook.
—Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2026
This is all, of course, straight from the classic NIMBY playbook.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 7 Apr. 2026
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Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026
Economists were forced to adapt and update the anti-inflation playbook.
—Alex Mayyasi, NPR, 7 Apr. 2026
Leaders at Baltimore’s flagship Black history museum and other state cultural institutions might want to, if not adopt, then at least glance through, Billy Ocasio’s playbook.
—Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2026
This is all, of course, straight from the classic NIMBY playbook.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 7 Apr. 2026
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“Playbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playbook. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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