handbook
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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
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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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