Example Sentences

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Textbooks present a “typical” body for teaching, but real human anatomy sits along a spectrum.

From Science Daily • Jun. 21, 2026

Textbooks say the Islamic Revolution started in January 1978, with an article in Ettelaat newspaper that insulted Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

"Textbooks give you the impression that everything is the same and we're not," she added.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2025

Textbooks, rather than state standards and state tests, are more relevant to deciding what content teachers actually teach.

From Slate • Jul. 22, 2025

Textbooks sometimes say that the Adena were succeeded by the Hopewell, but the relation is unclear; the Hopewell may simply have been a later stage of the same culture.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann