as in manual
a book used for instruction in a subject
a handbook of grammar
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Recent Examples of handbook
As the plane landed, the 56 passengers were thrown about the cabin and injured, as well as exposed to hazardous chemicals from the fire, the handbook said.
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Michelle L. Quinn,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
However, the focus of the handbook is not only on substance use.
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Beverly Kingston,
The Conversation,
9 June 2026
Employees take cues from leadership about what’s acceptable, regardless of what’s written in the employee handbook.
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William Jones
june 8,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 June 2026
This is a handbook on igniting public joy.
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Holly Corbett,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for handbook
Michelle L. Quinn,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
However, the focus of the handbook is not only on substance use.
—
Beverly Kingston,
The Conversation,
9 June 2026
Employees take cues from leadership about what’s acceptable, regardless of what’s written in the employee handbook.
—
William Jones
june 8,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 June 2026
This is a handbook on igniting public joy.
—
Holly Corbett,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for handbook
Recent Examples of Synonyms for handbook
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Smid then shifted his questioning to the definition of administrative leave provided in the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office’s general orders manual.
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Unlike simple query-response models, agentic workflows represent a move from manual prompting to a new era of delegating and empowering autonomy with agents that act on behalf of the business.
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Entomologists actually still use his textbook and it’s considered a bible of Filipino mosquitoes.
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In the afternoon, students will partake in book clubs that read novels — a dying art in traditional public schools, driven in part by the increasing popularity of literacy curriculum programs that favor textbooks with short reading passages over whole books.
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There may be some differences between the audio and the text.
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The search for the opening song stretched into the final weeks before filming, with Kittrell, Dries and pilot director Jason Moore trading ideas over text.
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Adopt a sensitive data detection platform that’s access-control-aware and lineage-savvy and extend it with custom dictionaries and RegEx patterns.
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The dictionary's selection came, in part, from fans' reactions to Swift and Kelce's engagement.
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“Handbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handbook. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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