as in manual
a book used for instruction in a subject
a handbook of grammar
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Recent Examples of handbook
While many new leaders focus on achieving results, the most impactful lessons often come from what isn’t in the handbook — like how to build trust, recover from failure and communicate with clarity.
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Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2025
Create a warm, welcoming environment where humor, humanity and purpose are part of the daily conversation, not just the handbook.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
According to the study, the first record of the moth in Germany was in the handbook by a researcher named Hering in 1932.
—Rhiannon Saegert, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
Last July, Driver opened up to PEOPLE about her relationship with Henry, saying that there is really no handbook for how to parent.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2025
Create a warm, welcoming environment where humor, humanity and purpose are part of the daily conversation, not just the handbook.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
According to the study, the first record of the moth in Germany was in the handbook by a researcher named Hering in 1932.
—Rhiannon Saegert, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
Last July, Driver opened up to PEOPLE about her relationship with Henry, saying that there is really no handbook for how to parent.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handbook
Noun
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It was finally accepted by Chilton Books, a company that primarily published automotive repair manuals.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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The robot vacuum came with a user manual that outlined the setup instructions.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
19 May 2025
Noun
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The first featured an actor delivering a polished, textbook explanation of Newton’s laws.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
28 May 2025
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The retirement apparatus, layered over decades of tech and regulation, is textbook complex.—
Miguel Kudry,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
Noun
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Images of the orb show a silver-colored sphere about the size of a bowling ball covered in what appears to be foreign text and drawings.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 May 2025
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The father of two had told the boy’s mother via text that the child hurt himself while riding his bike, the L.A. County district attorney’s office said in a May 2023 statement.—
Connor Sheets,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2025
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The word was even been added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary in the years since.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
23 Apr. 2025
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The only true dictionary is the lost one, the dictionary of the language that perished when the impious tower was built: the original language, God’s language.—
Mariana Dimópulos,
Harpers Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Handbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handbook. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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