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Recent Examples of schoolbookJudging from contemporary catalogs and advertisements, booksellers saw the text not as a mathematical treatise or schoolbook, but rather a piece of popular literature worthy of mass attention.—James Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024 The schoolbooks and sandals were among hundreds of items that belonged to Afghans who died in the many conflicts that have roiled the country.—Ruchi Kumar, NPR, 10 Dec. 2024 Meanwhile, fans, mostly teenage girls (some carrying their schoolbooks), crowd the barriers at the Plaza Hotel, penetrate its halls, press their faces to the windows of the limousine carrying the band to the Sullivan show, and chase it down the street.—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024 In the past year, schoolbook chapters on the Mughal period have been pared down or removed altogether.—Byvaishnavi Chandrashekhar, science.org, 5 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for schoolbook
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Pennsylvania Democrats countered that the 2024 ruling by the state supreme court was consistent with the text of state election law and with the intent of the legislators who set the rules.
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Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
6 June 2025
Moo's hilarious response to being told off is a textbook example of this temperament.
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Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
Jacques Bailly took a razor blade to the dictionary in 1991, revolutionizing the mechanics of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
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Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
26 May 2025
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Carolyn Komatsoulis,
Idaho Statesman,
14 May 2025
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