textbook

Example Sentences

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In 2010, the textbook “Politics in the American States” ranked the institutional powers of North Carolina’s governor the third-weakest in the nation.

From Salon

The work serves as a textbook example of quantum simulation.

From Science Daily

Rather than a textbook or encyclopedia entry—a digest of all the known facts—our model is the subtitle of Kenneth Clark’s 1969 “Civilisation” series: “A personal view.”

From The Wall Street Journal

These are textbook conditions for a widening trade deficit.

From Barron's

"In a five-day Test match, you should hunker down. Wafting outside 'sixth stump' areas has never been in the textbooks, and that is mainly the fault of the top order."

From BBC