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instruction manual

NOUN
owner's manual
Synonyms


NOUN
user's manual


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"What's exciting about our findings is they suggest many different birth defects might happen for the same reason: the cell's 3D instruction manual simply gets folded the wrong way."

From Science Daily Aug. 13, 2026

Last month, Anthropic published a roughly 30,000-word instruction manual that Askell created to teach Claude how to act in the world.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 9, 2026

It’s a cultural touchstone for the centuries-old witches, an instruction manual for navigating the road and an infectious tune that’s become an earworm since the season premiere last month.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 3, 2024

There was no instruction manual for those who answered Paul's adverts for caregivers.

From BBC Mar. 23, 2024

Most old text adventure games were pretty self-explanatory, so I’d never actually bothered to read the Zork instruction manual.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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