as in manual
a book used for instruction in a subject
a handbook of grammar
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Recent Examples of handbook
Drivers and employees are also weighing in on an update of the department’s decade-old handbook and helping to create a new policy that determines who gets to pick up field trip gigs.
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Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2025
Universities have numerous rules related to governance, with faculty often having an important stake and students having rights and duties as expressed in handbooks.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 June 2025
These need to be easily found in your company handbook and reviewed and updated regularly.
—Harry Kazakian, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
But her workplace's dress code, outlined in the employee handbook, doesn't actually ban short shorts.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 31 May 2025
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Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2025
Universities have numerous rules related to governance, with faculty often having an important stake and students having rights and duties as expressed in handbooks.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 June 2025
These need to be easily found in your company handbook and reviewed and updated regularly.
—Harry Kazakian, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
But her workplace's dress code, outlined in the employee handbook, doesn't actually ban short shorts.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 31 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handbook
Noun
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This solution is trained on the department's reference materials, including manuals, guides, and other documents.—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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The 30 model features a chain drive with 11-speed manual Shimano Cues shifting.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 July 2025
Noun
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Dark grey markings, including the calling card of a big 6 and 12, offer textbook legibility with the offset charm of a small seconds subdial at 7 o’clock.—
Thor Svaboe,
Robb Report,
14 July 2025
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Much blood, and one poor Porky had been cut down the middle as neatly as an anatomy drawing in the medical textbook.—
John Updike,
New Yorker,
11 July 2025
Noun
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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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The handoff was coordinated by text and took place in a City Hall bathroom in June 2023, the federal indictment states.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
13 July 2025
Noun
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Being the kind of girl who used to read the introductions to dictionaries—and loves etymology enough to subscribe to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED)—I had to look it up.—
Renae Gregoire,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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The latest system of this kind supported a dictionary of roughly 1,300 words.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
29 June 2025
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“Handbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handbook. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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