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[hand-book] / ˈhændˌbʊk /


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A Strathclyde Police Standard Operating Procedures handbook for 2006 states: "The force should not recruit people with cautions or convictions, which may call into question the integrity of the applicant or the force."

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

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

You could pick that wording right out of the Premier League handbook.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

If I’m reading my wildflowers handbook right, these were tidy tips, Goldfields, Owl’s Clover, thistle sage, Valley Larkspur, coreopsis, phacelia and hillside daisies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

First the student handbook, then this crap—even in a room full of girls it was all about the guys.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

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

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

Lists of figures—which made up much of the substance of rhetorical handbooks down through the ages—are an attempt to categorize or give a system to the impossibly wide range of things that language can do.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith




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