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[man-yoo-uhl, -yuhl] / ˈmæn ju əl, -jəl /




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The problem surrounds what happens next - when the system fails and control of the line shifts to manual.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

Speaking to broadcasters on Thursday, Burnham said of the GMCA: "I've asked them to do a more manual trawl of everything, as I want everything possible to be out there."

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

On its coal-dust-begrimed surface, Eugene O’Neill’s 1922 play “The Hairy Ape” is a stark, dramatically propulsive illustration of how brutal, underpaid manual labor can dehumanize and destroy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

DNA acts like an instruction manual, storing the information that cells need to build and maintain their structures.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Like every boy I knew in Levittown, I knew how to do manual labor.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

According to Canadian media, Frechette said Washington wanted concessions on Quebec's rules for appliances and instruction manuals, as well as its law promoting French-language cultural content.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

She stayed up late studying how missiles work, digging up old Soviet-era manuals and consulting a nonagenarian rocket scientist whom she hired as an adviser.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Once, video games came with lots of physical goodies, such as guides, maps and manuals.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

We found an image, posted on Telegram by Rybar, showing Lyukshin in a group of "future diplomats" who had "trained using Rybar's manuals".

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

He didn’t have a typewriter of his own—this was perfectly true; but he frequently borrowed Francis’s, or used one of the sticky old manuals in the library.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt


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