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
Wired, Wired News, 10 July 2025
Final Words Built for those who expect excellence without complication, the Sunseeker Elite X7 helps keep your lawn well-groomed with little to no manual effort.
—William Jones, USA Today, 9 July 2025
Emily Feng, NPR, 5 July 2025
Its manual zoom, focus and control rings give offer you price control over your shoot.
—Chris McMullen, Space.com, 4 July 2025
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Noun
The box has both a manual display and buttons on the machine, as well as an app that's connected to your phone to adjust settings and monitor usage remotely.
—Wired, Wired News, 10 July 2025
Final Words Built for those who expect excellence without complication, the Sunseeker Elite X7 helps keep your lawn well-groomed with little to no manual effort.
—William Jones, USA Today, 9 July 2025
Adjective
Lin's way of breaking down languages by the shape of their words rather than their sounds or alphabets meant his machine theoretically can type English, Russian and Japanese as well, according to the typewriter's manual.
—Emily Feng, NPR, 5 July 2025
Its manual zoom, focus and control rings give offer you price control over your shoot.
—Chris McMullen, Space.com, 4 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manual
Noun
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On the website, volunteer moderators share best practices for tapering, often referring to a handbook for doctors written by Horowitz, the British psychiatrist.—
Emily Corwin,
NPR,
9 July 2025
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Myers turned over the handbook after that, on June 25.—
Patricia Gallagher Newberry,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
Adjective
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The nephew was not present when a group of his friends lobbed homemade explosives toward a barn full of teens and burned it to the ground in minutes.—
Maritza Dominguez,
AZCentral.com,
8 July 2025
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The practice of having travelers toss their shoes in a bin to be screened was established in 2006 after an incident in December 2001 when, months after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a British man boarded a flight with homemade bombs hidden within his shoes.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2025
Noun
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Send a quick text, drop off a flower from your garden or invite them for a walk under our oaks.—
Belal Aftab,
Mercury News,
13 July 2025
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Call 1-877-8-HOPE-NY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY); 1-800-327-5050 (MA); 1-877-MYLIMIT (OR); 1-800-981-0023 (PR); 1-800-GAMBLER (all others).—
Fernando Cervantes Jr,
USA Today,
13 July 2025
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“Manual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manual. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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