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handbook

[hand-book] / ˈhændˌbʊk /


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Sometimes the most crucial parts of an office dress code aren’t written out in an employee handbook.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

“Bird by Bird,” her 1994 writing handbook, which has sold more than 1 million copies and continues to sell approximately 40,000 copies each year, became a meme before there were memes.

From Los Angeles Times 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

Ibn al-Haytham was much more widely discussed in the Latin West than the Muslim East, but even in the West he was treated as a text, not as a handbook of experimental practice.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

The university, she said, had handed over letters from nonprofits and copies of student handbooks that were publicly available.

From New York Times Mar. 5, 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

But this year, a new state law goes into effect requiring schools to notify families how to contact the Office of the Education Ombuds through websites and materials like handbooks.

From Seattle Times Feb. 27, 2023

It doesn’t have the structural elegance of the work of later handbooks, and it’s written to instruct rather than to impress.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith




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