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text

noun

ˈtekst

Definition of text

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 Kashmir’s Shaiva Hindu thinkers produced some of South Asia’s most influential texts on consciousness. — Peter Dziedzic, The Conversation, 30 July 2026 And a bit later, his phone buzzed with a few texts from friends. — Ethan Brooks, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026 Wilson's translation, which took six years to complete, has been hailed for its vibrant language and faithfulness to the original Greek text. — Dave Davies, NPR, 29 July 2026 Spend time contacting your customers by phone or text to see how their latest purchase or service experience went. — Micah Logan, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for text

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Bureaucracy Feels More Powerful Than People ‘Severance’ showcases a workplace dominated by rules, handbooks, procedures, approval chains, and layers of management.

— Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Automakers used to assign systems engineers to read the entire New Car Assessment Program handbook, translate dozens of requirements into test scenarios by hand, and run them.

— Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of handbook

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For decades, that adjustment made computers a textbook case of falling prices, until the artificial intelligence buildout pushed prices up.

— Brandy Hadley, Fortune, 31 July 2026
Students have saved nearly $60 million in textbooks, and now 46 degree programs have zero textbook costs along the way.

— Jared Polis, Denver Post, 30 July 2026

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Sometimes vehicles are called back for fixes as minor as changing a few pages in a vehicle’s owner’s manual that were either missing or contained erroneous information.

— Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Credit card issuers and other lenders don't have a $7,500 threshold or a $15,000 cutoff sitting in a policy manual somewhere.

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 31 July 2026

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Most dictionaries do not even list the meaning—’to kill’—that the government now proposes.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 27 July 2026
Collier said it's already seen some 2,000 developers hop on board to make tools like a metronome, dictionary, e-book reader, and music streaming apps.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 July 2026

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