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’s handbook’s DEI recommendations fit into four main categories:
Abolishing DEI offices and personnel in the federal government.
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Julie Kratz, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
The handbook encourages school leaders to design their device policies with the educators, parents and students and to make sure that any new policy is paired with an emphasis on safe and healthy digital citizenship.
—Keri Heath, Austin American-Statesman, 9 Dec. 2024
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.
—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
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Julie Kratz, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
The handbook encourages school leaders to design their device policies with the educators, parents and students and to make sure that any new policy is paired with an emphasis on safe and healthy digital citizenship.
—Keri Heath, Austin American-Statesman, 9 Dec. 2024
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handbook
Noun
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Refer to your owner’s manual for specific filter removal instructions.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
1 Mar. 2025
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Kunkel explains that mental health professionals use the DSM-5 manual to diagnose conditions.—
Beth Ann Mayer,
Parents,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Marmor praised the mother's response, which involved validating Annie's feelings and giving her the option to leave, as a textbook example of supportive parenting.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
6 Mar. 2025
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Those who fail to adapt will find that their only role in future classrooms will be as case studies in history textbooks. Follow me on Twitter or LinkedIn.—
Ray Ravaglia,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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But here, there's still a dependence on sufficient examples of similar problems appearing in the body of text the system was trained on.—
Tim Stevens,
Ars Technica,
3 Mar. 2025
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The findings, the result of interviews and responses from nearly 1,700 Americans adults collected online, by text and over the phone from Feb. 24-26, come a day before Trump is set to deliver an address to a joint session of Congress.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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 12 Mar. 2025.
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