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[hand-book] / ˈhændˌbʊk /


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Participants were assigned to different family groups and used a government civil-defense handbook as a reference.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 19, 2026

I want to add that if comments about your appearance persist, you might want to consult your employee handbook and ask HR.

From MarketWatch Feb. 28, 2026

He often speaks straight from the McCullum philosophical handbook.

From BBC Feb. 24, 2026

But NAR said Monday that its 2026 handbook for MLSes won’t recommend that local databases mandate membership for the agents who use it.

From Barron's Nov. 17, 2025

But there isn’t one thing about armbands in the school handbook.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

That includes First Choice’s handbooks for volunteers, training materials, and agreements such as the statements of faith that employees must uphold.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 1, 2025

Mick Cronin’s postgame speech wasn’t one found in many coaching handbooks.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 27, 2024

The lawyers invoked an array of dictionaries, grammar usage guides, statutory drafting manuals, and handbooks for reading law, one of which was co-authored by the late Justice Antonin Scalia.

From Slate Oct. 2, 2023

Taken up by the social-dance industry, it was codified, taught in handbooks and neighborhood studios — and, unlike its early years, slotted into the strictly gendered roles of traditional ballroom dancing.

From Seattle Times Jan. 27, 2023

At the other end of the table were various histories, theoretical treatises and practical handbooks on landscape gardening.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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