as in handbook
a book used for instruction in a subject
an owner's manual comes with the camera
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Recent Examples of manual
Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 4 Feb. 2026
Consult your machine’s manual or ask a technician if unsure, says Sokolowski.
—Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 4 Feb. 2026
Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2026
Her cause of death was determined to be manual strangulation and blunt force trauma.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Refer to your owner’s manual for specific filter removal instructions.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 4 Feb. 2026
Consult your machine’s manual or ask a technician if unsure, says Sokolowski.
—Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
There’s a flicker of nerves before deploying the Tremec five-speed manual gearshift and the dread of stalling out at pit lane in front of a gallery of onlookers.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2026
Her cause of death was determined to be manual strangulation and blunt force trauma.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manual
Noun
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Attendance and any follow-up actions are addressed on a case-by-case basis according to guidelines in the student handbook.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2026
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Nicole Kidman is quietly redefining the travel-style handbook.—
Emily Weaver,
PEOPLE,
30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Bushra Mahnoor, a reproductive rights activist, counts herself among a small proportion of women and girls in Pakistan – about 12%, according to the UN’s children’s agency (UNICEF) – who use commercial sanitary products, rather than homemade alternatives.—
Sana Noor Haq,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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But sometimes, homemade just isn’t in the cards.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
11 Feb. 2026
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At the same time, Barton’s book The Birth of Intertexuality (2019) is precisely a kind of tracing of the concept through the texts and thinking of different authors—which includes sections on Nietzsche’s influence on Barthes and Foucault.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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Dozens of photos included in the documents released Wednesday are military handbooks, field guides and cultural texts, some dating back to the early 2000s that appeared to belong to Gingles, as well as numerous books from the SANS Institute detailing computer hacker tools.—
Shira Moolten,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Manual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manual. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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