playbook
noun
play·book
ˈplā-ˌbu̇k 
1
: one or more plays in book form
2
: a notebook containing diagrammed football plays
3
: a stock of usual tactics or methods
straight from his opponent's political playbook
Examples of playbook in a Sentence
He studied the new plays in the team's playbook.
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Reps ramped faster, conversations felt more consultative and post-sale outcomes improved because everyone was working from the same playbook.
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Aaron Biggs, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Diagram from the Patriots’ 2016 playbook McDaniels also catered to other quarterbacks, including Cam Newton, and ran a creative option offense that was hampered by Newton’s injuries at that late point in his career.
—Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 2 June 2025
Trump's victory in the 2024 U.S. presidential election marked a major advance for right-wing groups, which have grown emboldened and have sought to once again borrow from Trump's playbook to secure further victories, including policies and ideological lines.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
Catherine Paiz, former family vlogger and matriarch of the Ace Family, is following the celebrity press tour promo playbook by stopping by Call Her Daddy ahead of the release of her memoir, Dolores: My Journey Home: (Finding Myself Beyond the ACE Family).
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 31 May 2025
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Aaron Biggs, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Diagram from the Patriots’ 2016 playbook McDaniels also catered to other quarterbacks, including Cam Newton, and ran a creative option offense that was hampered by Newton’s injuries at that late point in his career.
—Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 2 June 2025
Trump's victory in the 2024 U.S. presidential election marked a major advance for right-wing groups, which have grown emboldened and have sought to once again borrow from Trump's playbook to secure further victories, including policies and ideological lines.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
Catherine Paiz, former family vlogger and matriarch of the Ace Family, is following the celebrity press tour promo playbook by stopping by Call Her Daddy ahead of the release of her memoir, Dolores: My Journey Home: (Finding Myself Beyond the ACE Family).
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 31 May 2025
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“Playbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playbook. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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