as in handbook
a book used for instruction in a subject
the school's science curriculum suffers from a serious lack of up-to-date texts
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Recent Examples of text
The last time anyone had contact with Woltman was shortly after 2 p.m. Sunday when a friend received a text from her, Knudson said.
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Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 23 May 2025
Apple's new features also include a system-wide reading mode designed to make text easier to read for users with disabilities such as dyslexia or low vision, the company said.
—Arsheeya Bajwa, USA Today, 15 May 2025
It was made between rivers, of rivers, and rivers run through the text.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 14 May 2025
Bloomsbury’s intellectual ancestors created a text that Bloomsbury could accept, reject, or misread, but could not ignore.
—Jenny Noyce, JSTOR Daily, 14 May 2025
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Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 23 May 2025
Apple's new features also include a system-wide reading mode designed to make text easier to read for users with disabilities such as dyslexia or low vision, the company said.
—Arsheeya Bajwa, USA Today, 15 May 2025
It was made between rivers, of rivers, and rivers run through the text.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 14 May 2025
Bloomsbury’s intellectual ancestors created a text that Bloomsbury could accept, reject, or misread, but could not ignore.
—Jenny Noyce, JSTOR Daily, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for text
Noun
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Finding Japanese investments in a handbook Buffett first unveiled investments in five Japanese trading companies on his 90th birthday in August 2020.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
26 May 2025
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His firm has placed a handbook on the front page of their website to help federal employees better align their resumes with county level positions.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
9 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
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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
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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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“Text.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/text. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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