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handbook

[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

Many of these principles are borrowed from the Premier League handbook of 2025-26.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 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

Outside the realm of courtly poetry, the handbook tradition continued to thrive.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

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 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

At the other end of the table were various histories, theoretical treatises and practical handbooks on landscape gardening.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan


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