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manual

[man-yoo-uhl, -yuhl] / ˈmæn ju əl, -jəl /




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Even back in 13th century Imperial China, the lengthy talons grown by nobility and the delicately carved brass nail shields which usually guarded them were a symbol of a life unmarred by manual labour.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

But if AI absorbs the most manual elements of pulling pacing reports and tweaking platform bids, for example, practitioners might be able to see and work beyond their silos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Although the method is effective, finding genuine new craters requires extensive manual review.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

Before fully dedicating himself to music, Lake worked as a postman and did manual labor jobs in the fish processing industry in the U.K.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

He’s so rigid and rehearsed, he sounds like a talking manual.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

US prosecutors charged that Boeing misled FAA regulators about MCAS, resulting in no reference to the system in manuals and pilot training materials.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

Once, video games came with lots of physical goodies, such as guides, maps and manuals.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

The Cambridge researchers took known genetic codes – the instruction manuals of life – from a range of coronaviruses that had been recorded by surveillance programmes hunting for potential viral threats.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

Solution manuals have long been online, and any number of web sites have enabled students to cheat on assigned homework.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026

He didn’t have a typewriter of his own—this was perfectly true; but he frequently borrowed Francis’s, or used one of the sticky old manuals in the library.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt




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